Topic: UNLV History

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| April 22, 2020

UNLV Rebels raised awareness for environmental issues with a teach-in 50 years ago. Today, there are still lessons from the movement.

An aerial photo shows Sam Boyd Stadium in 1971.
| 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.

a mace on a stand
| 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.

Person holding UNLV fan license plate
| 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.

Boyd Law School
| 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.

man shaking hands
| June 14, 2018

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

Illustration of Nevada Southern Telethon
| October 18, 2017

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

Illustration of students stealing a cannon
| 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.