UNLV’s medical students conduct walkability studies of Las Vegas neighborhoods to get a more holistic view of factors that affect people’s health outcomes. They evaluate transportation, food access, air quality, and amenities, identifying gaps and devising plans to address issues. Students have spoken about their experiences at legislative sessions about inequities in healthcare.

A research team led by UNLV paleoclimatologist and professor Matthew Lachniet retrieved an ancient stalagmite from the floor of an undisturbed Grand Canyon cave.

The Raiders gave UNLV athletics a million reasons to smile Tuesday.

Findings may improve understanding of the potential impact of future climate change on summer monsoon rains.

As a neurologist with more than 30 years in the field of Alzheimer’s disease, I have had many heartbreaking conversations with patients and their loved ones. More than 6 million people in America are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and that staggering number is expected to double within the next 30 years unless there is a change. However, I am more optimistic about that change and physicians’ ability to slow the course of this devastating illness than I have ever been in the past.

Study of a stalagmite in a Grand Canyon cave reveals early Holocene climate in the southwestern United States

The Grand Canyon's valleys and millions of years of rock layers spanning Earth's history have earned it a designation as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. But, according to a new UNLV study, its marvels extend to vast cave systems that lie beneath the surface, which just might hold clues to better understand the future of climate change—by studying nature's past.

Researchers hoping to gain understanding of future groundwater volume in the arid Colorado Plateau looked back nearly 12,000 years to see how higher temperatures affected monsoon rains.