
Research | February 15, 2019
UNLV Earns Accreditation for Human Research Protection Program
The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs recognizes UNLV as an experienced, accomplished research institution.
Arts and Culture | February 15, 2019
Alisha Kerlin Named Executive Director of Barrick Museum
Kerlin has more than a decade of museum and gallery experience in addition to her professional practice as an artist, educator, curator, and researcher.
UNLV History | February 14, 2019
Throwback Thursday: Campus Valentines
The old UNLV yearbooks in Special Collections offer a look at campus love in decades past.
People | February 14, 2019
The Geometry of Walking with Prosthetics
Ph.D. student Michael Isaacs goes back to the basics to helping people with disabilities walk.UNLV Experts In The News

February 15, 2019
Sometimes they’re buried in unmarked graves. Other times their bodies decompose under the desert’s blaring sun. The mementos carried on their journey—a child’s drawing with a Spanish prayer scribbled on the back, a stuffed animal, a lucha libre mask—are found with them, hinting at who they were before they died.

February 14, 2019
While a lot of the focus for the 2020 presidential primary race typically lies with Iowa or New Hampshire, an unsuspecting state out West might serve as a true bellwether for Democrats – Nevada.

February 14, 2019
The city of Las Vegas plans to hold open about 85 nonessential positions to save $10 million — and dodge the kind of sweeping layoffs that struck the city a decade ago — in preparation for the next economic downturn.

People | February 13, 2019
Business Executive Helps Shape School of Medicine
Brian Lauzon brings his business acumen to the Ackerman Autism Center and the School of Medicine
Arts and Culture | February 13, 2019
Initial Lineup Announced for 2019 Believer Festival
The Believer Festival is a three-day roving celebration of writing, music, film, comedy, and visual arts hosted by UNLV's Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute. The event is April 25-27, with tickets available starting Feb. 15.
Business and Community | February 13, 2019
Tax Season is Underway: What You Need to Know
A UNLV law professor gives taxpayers 7 things to keep in mind as sweeping changes are made to the federal income tax system.
People | February 13, 2019
Nothing to Be Anxious About
Ph.D. student Sarah McCarthy didn’t want to follow in her family members’ footsteps — until the day she visited a classroom.
Arts and Culture | February 12, 2019
NCT Opens "The African Company Presents Richard III" Friday
This Carlyle Brown play, based on real-life events, runs through Feb. 24 in the Judy Bayley Theatre.Recent Accomplishments
February 15, 2019
Danny Siciliano (Accounting) recently was named a Deloitte Faculty Fellow. Also an alum, Siciliano, '90 BS Business Administration - Accounting and '92 MBA, started his career at Deloitte in Las Vegas and moved on to several prominent positions before joining the accounting faculty at the Lee Business School. He is an award-winning instructor and...
February 15, 2019
Tedd Girouard and Kara Radzack (both Athletic Training) along with Du Feng (Nursing) and alumna Jessica Dunn,'16 MS Kinesiology, co-authored “Sex Specific Post-concussion Symptom Reporting in Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis,” which concluded additional research should further evaluate if differences between male and female...
February 15, 2019
Elizabeth Lawrence (Sociology) wrote a blog post about the "Educational Differences in Health" session she organized for the annual meeting for Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science.
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