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The Interview: Lisa Lindquist-Nicholas
At UNLV’s Clinical Simulation Center, this professor and alumna prepares future nurses through simulation-based training that demands both patience and patient care.
How UNLV’s English Language Center Builds Community Through Kindness
Valerie Pierce is working to define what it means to educate students in a global city.
UNLV's New Energy Manager Puts Focus on Emissions Cuts
Ashley Lamb is advancing energy initiatives to reduce consumption, improve efficiency, and support UNLV’s net-zero goal.
The Course: Global Nutrition and Cultural Food Practices
A UNLV nutrition class explores how culture, politics, and religion shape what’s on the plate.
Drawn to Greatness
UNLV radiochemistry alumni — from plutonium pioneers to molten-salt mavens — are immortalized in caricature and now lead the nation’s top nuclear science labs.
UNLV Experts In The News
On the eve of the 2023 Service Employees International Union Local 99 strike, Los Angeles Times Columnist Robin Abcarian wrote “I don’t blame the union one bit” and condemned Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho for “just one more slap in the face” after Carvalho “responded to the (strike) vote by comparing the union’s action to a circus.”
Water is precious in the Southwest — every drop counts. And for the Southern Paiute People, water is life and it must be protected. Protecting the lifeblood in the Las Vegas valley is a superhero called Captain Paiute, the Indigenous Defender of the Southwest. He’s the main character of the comic book series created by Las Vegas resident Theo Tso. Before the modern era of comic books, which started in the '80s, many Indigenous characters were stereotypical representations.
Right now, about 2,300 veterans and military family members attend UNLV.
UNLV School of Music Presents Spring Jazz Festival April 27-29
UNLV Jazz has won 53 Downbeat Music Awards — the highest honor bestowed in Jazz education.
Psychiatry is Tops for Recruiting Grads Into GME
Graduates of UNLV's Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine are helping reduce the mental healthcare gap in Las Vegas.
UNLV Launches Nevada Institute of Cybersecurity
The institute prepares a stronger cybersecurity workforce and supports local industry needs by expanding hands-on training and interdisciplinary learning.
UNLV Chamber Music Society Presents 'Grandeur & Intimacy - Brahms' Piano Quartet, Op. 26'
The event, to be held April 16, features performers Timothy Hoft, piano; Alexander Dzyubinski, violin; Andrew Duckles, viola; and Andrew Smith, cello.
Two UNLV Undergraduates Named 2026 Goldwater Scholars for Research Excellence
Students Lex de Asis and Adrianna N. Tsao among select group nationwide selected for the prestigious research award.
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