Topic: UNLV history

UNLV campus with portrait of woman inset
| June 22, 2021

Former dean Carolyn Sabo, who helped oversee nursing evolve from department to its own school, retires after 37 years at UNLV.

A group of medical students walk down a sunlit hall
| April 27, 2021

From a suggestion in an economic impact report to graduating its charter class in just 10 years. Here's how the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV got here and how it will shape health care in Southern Nevada.

woman in office
| August 14, 2020

Known for pushing the envelope and for being ahead of the curve, English professor and pop culture advocate Felicia Campbell joined the UNLV faculty in 1962.

Jerry Vallen
| August 3, 2020

In a 2017 interview, Jerry Vallen, founding dean of the Hospitality College, looked back at the early days of the school.

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.

man in wheelchair receiving honorary jersey
| March 15, 2019

Bruce Layne spent decades attending, teaching, and advocating for his alma mater. Now he's memorialized by Rebel baseball.

Rick Agrellas shines the Fremont Cannon
| January 25, 2019

When the Rebels reclaimed the Fremont Cannon in November, that was just the start of it. Now that UNLV's paint crew has had their turn, the cannon is ready to come out and play again.

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.

man shaking hands
| June 14, 2018

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

exterior of law building
| February 26, 2018

The 2018 lecture focuses on gender and negotiations, upending some false theories and outlining effective strategies for men and women.