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Michael Gebhart with arms crossed
People | November 4, 2013

The new professor-in-residence share his thoughts on the ever-changing world of employment law, workplace prejudice, and Match.com.

U.N.L.V. signage with Fall leaves in the background
Research | November 1, 2013

UNLV faculty discoveries have commercial applications with value to the university, the private sector, and,ultimately, you. Learn about three different faculty members who are working to move their innovative thinking out of the laboratory and into the boardroom.

U.N.L.V. signage with Fall leaves in the background
Research | November 1, 2013

Understanding the solar energy-water nexus; $20.3 million grant from the NIH; fossilized remains of extinct wolf species located in Nevada; building a safer, more efficient battery; elevated levels of lead in Mexican hot sauces; and climate change linked to early animal evolution.

Picture of solar-powered house.
Research | November 1, 2013

Talent and hard work helped Team UNLV earn their top-in-the-nation ranking in the Solar Decathlon 2013. But research is the next priority for several team members after the award-winning home is relocated to the Las Vegas Springs Preserve.

Ranita Ray
People | October 28, 2013

The new ethnographer explores the reasons it's so hard to escape poverty.

Bing Ma
People | October 23, 2013

Professor Bing Ma left the frigid winters of Michigan for the intense summers of Las Vegas to continue her research and begin teaching.

Magdalena Martinez headshot
People | October 21, 2013

A quick comment by a UNLV professor changed the course of her life. Now back at UNLV as new Lincy Institute director of education, Martinez hopes to influence the lives of Nevada's children through her policy research.

Researchers Christopher Adcock and Elisabeth Hausrath
Research | October 16, 2013

UNLV researchers report in Nature Geoscience that phosphate, which plays a role in life-creating chemical reactions, may have been more plentiful on early Mars than during the emergence of life on Earth.