Rafael Oganesyan
People |
The 2026 Administrative Faculty of the Year for Student Service Excellence on his UNLV career — from a high schooler quietly earning college credit to director of the Office of Undergraduate Research.
grocery shopper holds lettuce while in vegetable aisle
Research |
UNLV epidemiologist Brian Labus and public health alumna Devin Raman explain how disease investigators track outbreaks.
Older man with short gray hair smiles as he poses against a blurred background while wearing a white collared shirt, black suit jacket, red checkered tie and eyeglasses
People |
Phil Burns, the longtime executive director of the Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities, reflects on more than three decades of service to UNLV.
MBA students with a Japanese torii gate behind the group
Campus News |
A 10-day international seminar challenged Lee Business School graduate students to reconsider what effective leadership looks like across cultures.
Jefferson W. Kinney, PhD
Business and Community |
The department of brain health is advancing groundbreaking research while helping the community better understand cognitive wellness.
female journalism student ready to broadcast for The Rebel Report
Campus News |
Students in the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies test their video production skills out in the field thanks to a collaboration with the Las Vegas Raiders.
Riana Durrett sits on desk in library
People |
The director of UNLV’s Cannabis Policy Institute helps students get in on the ground floor of a growing industry.
engineering professor Eakalak Khan holds up three tubes of water
Research |
An interdisciplinary team developing a household filtration and distillation unit is ready to advance to onsite pilot testing phase.
Danny Villanueva talks with students visiting Ash Meadows
Research |
Daniel Villanueva returns to the School of Life Sciences to help address challenges facing the endangered Devils Hole pupfish.
aerial view of the Las Vegas Valley
Business and Community |
Annual forecast prepared by UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research now projects Clark County will reach 3 million residents in 2055.   
Charles Gianelloni
People |
Alumnus Charles Gianelloni brings a business-minded approach to law that traces back to a commercial lease detail he never forgot.
Joy Ramiro smiling, wearing a blue shirt
People |
The Administrative Faculty of the Year honoree brings nearly a decade of experience to the careful work of protecting participants and guiding responsible progress.