From History to Celebration: Exploring Lunar New Year with UNLV’s Sands Institute
Huajing Maske, director of the UNLV Sands Institute for Chinese Language and Culture, breaks down the traditions, symbolism behind the Year of the Fire Horse celebrations.
Can Democrats flip Nevada’s deep-red House seat after Amodei retires?
Rep. Mark Amodei’s recent decision to retire opens a Northern Nevada House seat long considered untouchable – giving Democrats a rare chance to test Republican dominance in the state’s most conservative congressional district. Political scientists say midterm backlash, economic pressure and weak candidates can sometimes turn “safe” districts into November surprises.
In December 2025, Nevada was awarded nearly $180 million in federal funds through the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, a federal grant program established by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
CBER Report: Nevada Led the Nation in Post-Pandemic Small Business Growth
New analysis by UNLV's Center for Business and Economic Research shows that 40 percent of Nevada’s employer firms were created after COVID-19 as new entrepreneurs reshaped the state’s recovery.
Published: Brenna Renn and Katie Singsank, Ishrat Zaman, Kimberly Cobos, Samantha John
Brenna Renn and Katie Singsank (Psychology), Ishrat Zaman (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Kimberly Cobos and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published an article titled, "Differential item functioning of the Geriatric Depression Scale-short form in the NACC dataset," in Alzheimer's & Dementia, the journal of the Alzheimer's…
Ruben Garcia (Law) presented on United States Preemption Doctrine: New Considerations at the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) Professionals Forum.
Published: Elizabeth Lawrence, Erika Marquez, Courtney Coughenour, Amanda Haboush-Deloye, and Selam Ayele
Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology), Erika Marquez (Environmental and Global Health), Courtney Coughenour (Environmental and Global Health), Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Social and Behavioral Health & Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy), and Selam Ayele (Environmental and Global Health) published "Household insecticide use and pyrethroid…
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