Topic: UNLV History
UNLV History | October 3, 2019
As UNLV football plays its final season at Sam Boyd Stadium, we take a look at highlights for players who opened and who will close it.
UNLV History | May 18, 2019
The processional marshal at commencement will be wielding the mace — a 12-pound symbolic weapon for defending the university and its people.
UNLV History | April 9, 2019
In 1971, Homecoming met the circus.
UNLV History | February 14, 2019
The old UNLV yearbooks in Special Collections offer a look at campus love in decades past.
UNLV History | January 7, 2019
The Alumni Association is driving school spirit and fundraising through UNLV license plates. Here's how the association led the way with the state's first specialty license plate.
UNLV History | November 29, 2018
An oral history on the creation of Nevada's first state-supported, fully accredited law school, and its humble beginnings inside a renovated elementary school.
UNLV History | October 25, 2018
Some of the major milestones of a driving force behind developments on the Las Vegas Strip and beyond.
UNLV History | October 17, 2018
A look back at UNLV's earliest Homecoming events.
UNLV History | August 22, 2018
One of our favorite traditions is this annual event to kick off the fall semester in style with music, fireworks, and the lighting up of the UNLV letters.
UNLV History | June 14, 2018
Learn more about the namesake of UNLV’s basketball practice center and engineering programs for undergraduates.
UNLV History | April 24, 2018
The 25-year-old triumph of two UNLV engineering professors and their quest to build the world’s largest flying disc.
UNLV History | November 27, 2017
Founding dean of the Hospitality College — then Hotel College — Jerry Vallen looks back at the early days of the school.