Topic: UNLV History

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UNLV History | June 14, 2018

Learn more about the namesake of UNLV’s basketball practice center and engineering programs for undergraduates.

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UNLV History | November 19, 2017

A look back at the greetings we've sent over this 50-year tradition.

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UNLV History | October 18, 2017

The drive to form a campus started with vision — but what it needed was money.

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UNLV History | October 18, 2017

It took deft work at the legislative level — and some rebellious students — to earn UNLV the ability to stand apart from Reno.

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UNLV History | October 18, 2017

An early look at the benefits of gaming put UNLV on the national research map.

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UNLV History | October 18, 2017

Campus life in the '70s was more freewheeling, and it led to an iconic pairing decades later on television.

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UNLV History | October 18, 2017

UNLV's storied basketball coach didn't let his hair down often, so when he did, it always caught the team by surprise.

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UNLV History | October 18, 2017

It wasn't a popular decision to tear down Maude Frazier Hall, but the demolition had a silver lining for preservationists.

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UNLV History | October 18, 2017

The 2016 Presidential Debate brought UNLV to global prominence.

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UNLV History | October 18, 2017

UNLV alumnus Tony Canepa turns his illustration skills toward UNLV's history.