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From Classroom to Cyber Defense: How UNLV is Engineering Workforce-Ready Tech Professionals
With both theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience, UNLV students win national cybersecurity competition.
Building Blocks: UNLV Outreach Program Inspires Interest in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Engineering program pairs experiential learning with internships to encourage high school students to explore STEM careers.
More Than a Scholarship: S-STEM Program Boosts Support for All Students
A program in the School of Life Sciences is improving retention and graduation rates through mentoring services and better course design.
International Network of Observatories Highlights New Level of Precision Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Updated LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA catalog features 161 gravitational wave events between April 2024 and January 2025, including evidence of second-generation black holes and the clearest-ever gravitational wave signal.
The Fountain of Youth for Lithium Batteries
UNLV physics lab works on new research harnessing the power of X-rays to extend the lifespan of batteries in electric cars and cell phones.
Team Gagamba Takes Flight as the Winners of the 2026 President’s Innovation Challenge
How a stubborn bird dropping on a campus building helped spark the winning students’ idea for a high-rise window-cleaning drone.
Getting UNLV Students Out of the Classroom and Onto the Trails
Through a public health class project tied to the Neon to Nature app, students are updating outdoor route information across the valley.
Engineering Team Wants to Send Nevada’s First Student-Created Satellite to Space
Ballooning achievement serves as proof-of-concept for team's 2027 plans to go orbital.
Drawn to Greatness
UNLV radiochemistry alumni — from plutonium pioneers to molten-salt mavens — are immortalized in caricature and now lead the nation’s top nuclear science labs.
UNLV Launches Nevada Institute of Cybersecurity
The institute prepares a stronger cybersecurity workforce and supports local industry needs by expanding hands-on training and interdisciplinary learning.
The Many Faces of STEM
UNLV graduate students host a science workshop at Sunrise Mountain High School, providing an opportunity for kids to explore numerous career pathways.
Inaugural State of AI in Gaming Report Establishes Benchmark for AI Practice and Policy Across the Global Gambling Industry
Report reveals operators and regulators with high ambitions but significant gaps in governance, oversight, and AI maturity.
Finding the Future of Eye Care with Frogs
The Tseng Lab at UNLV discovers frog larvae can regrow their eyes, and seeks ways to replicate the process to benefit humans.
Why Choose UNLV Engineering? Student Ambassadors Have the Answer
From spotlight tours to community STEM outreach, ambassadors amplify the college's recruiting effort.
Study: New Explanation for Unique ‘Negative Superhump’ Features of Deep-Space Binary Star Systems
UNLV-led team of astrophysicists resolves decades-old conundrum with new theory on mechanisms driving periodic brightness variations in cataclysmic variable star systems.
From Scholars to Graduates: Cohort Model Drives Engineering Program's Success
A scholarship program built around community has graduated 74% of its students and earned a $2 million NSF grant to expand.
Saving Sea Lions with Soft Robotics
UNLV mechanical engineering lab creates 3D-printed synthetic sea lion pelvis, enhancing veterinary capabilities and countering ongoing beaching crisis.
Muscular Dystrophy Association to Honor UNLV’s Łukasz Sznajder with Inaugural Research Momentum Award
UNLV geneticist recognized as an emerging leader shaping the future of neuromuscular research.