Topic: Research

Hands of white and black people being raised in the air at a protest.
| June 22, 2020

UNLV African American and African Diaspora Studies professor Tyler D. Parry on the effectiveness of protesting to enact social change.

silhouette of man and woman arguing
| June 16, 2020

UNLV criminal justice professor Gillian Pinchevsky on the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on victims of intimate partner abuse and how society can help protect them in the future.

Protest signs read "Defund Police" and "Abolish Police"
| June 10, 2020

As more municipalities weigh the future of their police departments, UNLV professors explain what these movements mean and how they would work.

portrait of man
| May 28, 2020

Physical therapy professor Szu-Ping Lee relies on patients – particularly veterans and seniors – as well as clinicians to help guide his research on ways to improve mobility after limb loss.

Two women stand in front of an image of a Martian rover
| May 19, 2020

Pair of geoscience professors at the forefront of UNLV’s contributions to Mars exploration, but plenty more academics are involved in the Red Planet.

Clouds forming near black hole
| May 14, 2020

Once you leave the majestic skies of Earth, the word “cloud” no longer means a white fluffy-looking structure that produces rain. Instead, clouds in the greater universe are clumpy areas of greater density than their surroundings.

A man in a suit pulls a cord on a dune buggy
| May 1, 2020

Annual College of Engineering competition will hold all of its team presentations and judging virtually.

A medical syringe
| May 1, 2020

UNLV’s Director of Bioethics explores whether vaccine-refusing parents will reconsider their beliefs in light of COVID-19.