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Campus News |

Call Center and Viva chat will help students with questions related to their accounts, financial aid, and more.

Kayla Ford and an OT student use infant mannequins to practice techniques
People |

Kayla Ford was among the first students in the university's OT program. Now she teaches mental health-related courses in the School of Integrated Health Sciences.

Suparna Shah, MD, an assistant professor in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Business and Community |

Dr. Suparna Shah is part of the only team in the state performing oral cavity cancer surgeries with reconstruction.

Brenda Thompson-El works with a client related to workplace coaching
Campus News |

Leadership Coaching Essentials helps UNLV employees give colleagues the space and support to self-navigate professional challenges.

UNLV Experts In The News

Grub Street

A restaurant that celebrates the American South might seem like an unexpected follow-up from the restaurateurs behind C As in Charlie and Kisa but all of the businesses are rooted in the owners’ collective biography.

New York Post

A popular state park in Maryland is now partially closed after two recent attacks by rabid beavers. 

GeneOnline

Biogen is pushing its experimental Alzheimer’s drug diranersen into Phase 3 trials despite missing the primary dose-response goal in its 416-patient CELIA study, after the lowest tested dose paradoxically delivered the strongest results—slowing cognitive decline on the CDR-SB scale by 26% over 18 months.

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Arts and Culture |

This landmark season gathers an extraordinary community of choreographic voices whose works celebrate where UNLV Dance has been, honor who it is today, and imagine where it will go next.

People inside of the Olympiad Race and Sports book at the Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in the 1980s
Campus News |

A new project explores careers of Nevada bookmakers who helped shape the evolution of sports betting.

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People |

UNLV students set the tone for their post-grad futures through internship experiences across the country.

three female students on boat looking out at river
Campus News |

A three-day, 1,000-mile journey to the Colorado River's Rocky Mountain headwaters turned a semester of water policy coursework into something students could literally wade into deeply.

Dr. Leanne Free alongside military residents in a clinic room.
Business and Community |

The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program participates in the Las Vegas Military-Civilian Partnership, allowing both military and civilian residents to learn skills they wouldn’t get anywhere else.

Recent Accomplishments

Fatima Suarez's (Sociology) book Latino Fathers: What Shapes and Sustains Their Parenting won the Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from the Latina/o Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. 
Araceli Hernandez (Hospitality) and her co-authors recently published an article on corporate digital responsibility (CDR) in the International Journal of Hospitality Management. This study examines the impact of CDR practices directed toward customers on employees’ perceived organizational justice and subsequent organizational outcomes…
Brenna Renn and Lilla Brody (both Psychology), along with colleagues from Talkspace and the University of Washington, published a manuscript entitled "Engagement and Outcomes Associated With Message-Based Psychotherapy Among Older and Younger Adults" in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. To our knowledge, this is the first paper…
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