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With a suite of services, UNLV's Military and Veteran Services Center helps students access their educational benefits and juggle their responsibilities.
These Sun Belt States Are Falling Behind on Home Permitting, Study Finds
In an era of strained housing affordability, new-home construction is one of the keys to easing the housing shortage. And some states are building faster than others. South Carolina, Idaho, and North Carolina lead the nation in permitting new homes, according to data from the Lied Center for Real Estate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. On the other hand, the more affordable Midwest was stagnant. UNLV looked at data from the U.S. Census Bureau in the first eight months of this year compared to 2025.
These Sun Belt States Are Falling Behind on Home Permitting, Study Finds
In an era of strained housing affordability, new-home construction is one of the keys to easing the housing shortage. And some states are building faster than others. South Carolina, Idaho, and North Carolina lead the nation in permitting new homes, according to data from the Lied Center for Real Estate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. On the other hand, the more affordable Midwest was stagnant. UNLV looked at data from the U.S. Census Bureau in the first eight months of this year compared to 2025.
A Top-Down Changemaker: Social Work Student Takes Aim at Veterans Homelessness
As a student, Christina McGregor is helping veterans like herself transition to college. After grad school, she plans to make an impact through public policy.
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) accepted an invitation to deliver the opening remarks for the second annual Las Vegas Oral Cancer Walk, organized by the Nevada Dental Hygienist Association and benefitting the Pharar Foundation. She shared background information about oral cancer, identified warning signs for patients and providers, and reinforced the need…
Zida Wang (Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art), manager of academic and community engagement, presented “From Visitors to Curators: Empowering Youth Through Digital Museum Curation” at the 2026 Imagining Creative Worlds: Common Ground Imagining Futures Series on November 11, 2026.
The presentation highlighted UNLV NextGen Curators, a summer camp…
Published: Shane Kraus, Kris Gunawan, Barbara Brents
Shane W. Kraus and Kris Gunawan (both Psychology) along with UNLV professor emeritus (Sociology) Barbara Brents, coauthored a new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine examining generational and gender differences in pornography use.
Led by former UNLV doctoral student Bailey Way, now an assistant professor at Southern Utah…
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