'This Could Be Your Ticket Out'

The increasing popularity of state lotteries coincides with a stagnant social mobility, according to work of the latest Eadington Fellow. Catch his free talk at 3 p.m. Dec. 3.

Learning from ‘Fabulous’ Las Vegas

Professor Marketa Trimble uses an unlikely example – the ‘Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas’ sign – to teach the importance of intellectual property rights.

2015 Annual Report on UNLV Research Activity

An annual accounting of research and economic development activity over the last fiscal year.

Engineering Senior Design Competition Features Innovative Projects

Inventions from 21 teams on display Dec. 3 include a mechanized sock donner, a drone that detects methane gas, and enhanced parking options for the UNLV campus.

Racialized Schools: Understanding and Addressing Racism in Schools

Our society may never overcome racism, the authors argue, “but the children in our schools do not have to be victims to individuals who may be unaware of their racist tendencies.”

Changing the Game: Women at Work in Las Vegas

Joanne Goodwin's new book recognizes the “significance of non-politicized women, who, by their presence, pushed boundaries and sought greater opportunities.”

Global Patents: Limits of Transnational Enforcement

Marketa Trimble's work “not only explains the limitations of international patenting, both legal and practical, but also reveals workarounds for expanding a small inventor’s patent protection.”

Neuropsychological Aspects of Substance Use Disorders: Evidence-Based Perspective

With co-author Steven Wood, Daniel Allen assembled a “dream team” of brain science leaders. Their contributions represent the latest findings on the neuropsychology of substance use disorders.

Research In Print: Winter 2015

Faculty authors examine Las Vegas women at work, the status of global patents, racialized schools, and advances in the understanding and treatment of substance use disorders.

Face of the Future

The creations of Paul Oh, technologist and visionary, are in the vanguard of a robotics revolution.

Bullish on Research

UNLV patent applications have tripled in the last two years, and three startup companies have been formed, demonstrating the university’s revitalized commitment to bringing its research to the marketplace. Learn about three innovative discoveries that are contributing to the remarkable growth in commercialization of UNLV research.

A Quest for Our Earliest Ancestors

By illuminating a dark period in human evolutionary history, a UNLV scientist gets his turn in the spotlight.