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    With each change of hands, the UNLV Clock Tower risks being forgotten — but new routines by Facilities Management are keeping it finely tuned.

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People |

Across generations, Rebels share how UNLV served as the setting for their love stories.

Kyle Ethelbah speaking during Sunrise Ceremony
People |

The longtime administrator is bringing his experience in student success to building the culture for faculty and staff engagement.

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Campus News |

Student-volunteers connect with nature and community during Service Day at UNLV's Center for Urban Water Conservation.

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Arts and Culture |

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.
 

UNLV Experts In The News

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It’s very early stage research, tried in only a few dozen people so far. But gene-editing approaches being developed by two companies show hints that switching off certain genes could dramatically lower artery-clogging cholesterol, raising hopes of one day being able to prevent heart attacks without having to take pills, the Associated Press reports.

India Currents

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is characterized by mood variations with a change in season, especially during the winter months, with reduced daylight.

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Tourism is a major economic driver in Nevada, and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is pushing new bipartisan legislation aimed at giving the industry a stronger voice in international trade talks.

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Business and Community |

Through storytelling, Dr. Himali Patel Bhatt helps children build healthy brushing habits.

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People |

A career transition changed this physical therapy professor’s life. The challenge she sought for herself has paid off.

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Arts and Culture |

Shorts: The Worker — where everyday lives, unseen battles, and quiet triumphs take center stage.

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Research |

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.
 

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Arts and Culture |

Public can vote daily to select Las Vegas-based student winners to have their art featured on Sphere's Exosphere in celebration of Pi Day.

Recent Accomplishments

Dr. Vishisht Mehta (Medicine) and his colleague Dr. Sameer K Avasarala published their original research titled, "Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence Among Pulmonologists," in the European Respiratory Journal Open Research. This paper reflects the results of their survey of pulmonologists assessing their familiarity, comfort and usage of…
Mayumi Ajioka, Ph.D., (World Languages and Cultures), co-presenting with Yumiko Kawanishi, Ph.D., (UCLA), presented a practice-oriented paper titled, “A Path to Confident Conversation Participants Using PBI Class Activities,” at the 2025 ACTFL Convention in New Orleans on Nov. 21, 2025. The presentation introduced practical classroom activities…
Lung-Chang Chien, Edom Gelaw (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Global Health), and colleagues published an article titled, “Tracking COVID-19 vaccination barriers over time: a census-tract-level barrier index approach,” in the journal Epidemiology and Infection. This study developed a dynamic, census-tract-…
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