• Lisa Lindquist-Nicholas at the Clinical Simulation Center where manikin is seen through window

    At UNLV’s Clinical Simulation Center, this professor and alumna prepares future nurses through simulation-based training that demands both patience and patient care.

UNLV Corporate Challenge volleyball team doing fun poses
Business and Community |

The citywide competition brings UNLV faculty and staff together for friendly rivalry and wellness.

Valerie Pierce
Campus News |

Valerie Pierce is working to define what it means to educate students in a global city.

Ashley Lamb in a cool denim dress outfit on a rock next to an amazing cactus plant on campus
People |

Ashley Lamb is advancing energy initiatives to reduce consumption, improve efficiency, and support UNLV’s net-zero goal.

man and two women look over array of cultural cusines on tabletop
Campus News |

A UNLV nutrition class explores how culture, politics, and religion shape what’s on the plate.

UNLV Experts In The News

K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3

A study examining whether the Covid-19 vaccine was keeping adults from becoming sick enough to have to go to the hospital is no more.

History Channel

Today, popcorn and the movies are so inextricably linked that it’s hard to imagine a time when the buttery, salty snack wasn’t served at a concession stand in the lobby. But that was actually the case for the first few decades of the movie theater business.

K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3

A woman who pleaded guilty in a series of scams in the Las Vegas Valley is facing new allegations that she used social media to lure aspiring influencers into bogus brand trips, including a promised Four Seasons vacation to Bora Bora and a Disneyland visit that one victim said left her family stranded in extreme heat.

collage if five radiochemistry alum caricatures
People |

UNLV radiochemistry alumni — from plutonium pioneers to molten-salt mavens — are immortalized in caricature and now lead the nation’s top nuclear science labs.

group photo of jazz ensemble
Arts and Culture |

UNLV Jazz has won 53 Downbeat Music Awards — the highest honor bestowed in Jazz education.

Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV psychiatry residents and faculty member.
Business and Community |

Graduates of UNLV's Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine are helping reduce the mental healthcare gap in Las Vegas.

female instructor leads student discussion using screen showing cybersecurity graphics
Research |

The institute prepares a stronger cybersecurity workforce and supports local industry needs by expanding hands-on training and interdisciplinary learning.

black and white portrait of Brahms
Arts and Culture |

The event, to be held April 16, features performers Timothy Hoft, piano; Alexander Dzyubinski, violin; Andrew Duckles, viola; and Andrew Smith, cello.

Recent Accomplishments

Sara Hunt, Sarah Hartzell, Aileen Lovitt, Jill Manit, Yuhan Bi, Roberta Miranda, and Ashley Noel Pruitt, all members of the Behavioral Health Education, Retention, and Expansion Network of Nevada (BeHERE NV; Medicine), presented at the 2026 Nevada Public Health Association (NPHA) Annual Conference on April 21, 2026. Sarah Hartzell, regional…
Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez (Journalism and Media Studies), with co-authors Ariadne Gonzalez, Di Mu, Marcela Moran, and Cindy Salazar-Collier (all Texas A&M International University), earned the Top Paper Award in the Health Communication Interest Group at the 2026 Central States Communication Association. The paper was titled, "From Focus Groups…
Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a presentation about his recent article, "Canines: Enforcing Race and State," during the 2026 Organization of American Historians annual conference. His presentation was part of a panel analyzing the role of animals in historical records, based upon a forum published by the…
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