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Tracing the Colorado River: UNLV Honors Students Take Water Policy on the Road
A three-day, 1,000-mile journey to the Colorado River's Rocky Mountain headwaters turned a semester of water policy coursework into something students could literally wade into deeply.
Rafael Oganesyan Helps Students Turn Research Into Opportunity
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.
How Public Health Officials Are on the Frontlines Against a Diarrhea-Causing Parasite
UNLV epidemiologist Brian Labus and public health alumna Devin Raman explain how disease investigators track outbreaks.
Cultivating Cannabis Policy: Riana Durrett Explains Higher Education’s Role
The director of UNLV’s Cannabis Policy Institute helps students get in on the ground floor of a growing industry.
Saving Every Last Drop: UNLV Researchers Want Rural Nevada Communities to Reuse Wastewater
An interdisciplinary team developing a household filtration and distillation unit is ready to advance to onsite pilot testing phase.
A Career in Conservation Led This Alumnus Back to Graduate Research
Daniel Villanueva returns to the School of Life Sciences to help address challenges facing the endangered Devils Hole pupfish.