The senior human resources business partner brings a small-town, big-heart strategy to her work helping fellow Business Affairs employees navigate processes.
UNLV and Las Vegas Sands Host Symposium to Bridge U.S.-China Relations
Scholars, business leaders, and diplomats convened to emphasize the critical role of people-to-people exchange in strengthening the bilateral relationship between the two countries.
UNLV to build ‘healing garden’ memorializing 2023 shooting
Two years after a gunman killed three UNLV professors and seriously injured another, the college says it has plans to construct a healing garden that memorializes the tragedy.
Red carpet rolled out in the dust of 40th National Finals Rodeo
No one would have expected back in 1985 that the National Finals Rodeo would be the massive success that it has become. But now, 40 years later, it’s one of the toughest tickets to get, and what is considered the Super Bowl of rodeos is primed to extend its record of 379 consecutive sell-out performances with 10 nights of competition Thursday through Dec. 13 at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center.
Local bakery and homebuilder partner to combat surging foreclosures with fundraiser
What if a gingerbread house could prevent a real home from going into foreclosure? That’s the idea behind a fundraiser by Freed’s Bakery and homebuilder Taylor Morrison. The Build Joy program donates $1,000 for every $55 gingerbread house kit Freed’s sells to HomeFree USA, a Maryland-based, HUD-approved national nonprofit that assists homeowners to prevent foreclosures.
Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) recently appeared on the "Hot and Bothered" podcast to discuss the history of the marriage ritual "jumping the broom" and its relevance to Black American popular culture.
Benita R. Brooks (Teaching and Learning), Tillie Torres, Celest Diaz, and Blaze Epps (all Mater Academy East Campus) presented at the Literacy Research Association’s 75th Annual Conference on Dec. 3 during the Special Study Group Session: Educators, Administrators, and State Department Colleagues at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.
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Professor Rebecca Nathanson (Law; Education) was part of a panel presentation entitled, A Collaborative Approach to Competency, at the 2025 Annual Beyond the Bench Conference. The presentation discussed the new Juvenile Competency Hub Court, the first of its kind in the nation, that Professor Nathanson and others recently helped to establish in…
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