Topic: Research

How Hospitality Industry Should Address Discrimination
commercial kitchen with chefs working in background
Research | June 25, 2020
A long history of discriminatory practices and a UNLV study that shows how it impacts both workers and businesses points to a need for industry-wide change.
Protesting Police Brutality
Hands of white and black people being raised in the air at a protest.
Research | June 22, 2020
UNLV African American and African Diaspora Studies professor Tyler D. Parry on the effectiveness of protesting to enact social change.
Domestic Abuse and COVID-19
silhouette of man and woman arguing
Research | June 16, 2020
UNLV criminal justice professor Gillian Pinchevsky on the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on victims of intimate partner abuse and how society can help protect them in the future.
Reform, Defund or Abolish the Police?
Protest signs read "Defund Police" and "Abolish Police"
Research | June 10, 2020
As more municipalities weigh the future of their police departments, UNLV professors explain what these movements mean and how they would work.
International Consortium of Scientists Proposes New Naming System for Uncultivated Bacteria and Archaea
rows of test tube vials with blue tops
Research | June 8, 2020
UNLV microbiologist Brian Hedlund among 119 to join consensus statement published in the journal Nature Microbiology.
Break Out of Your Social Circle to Combat Impostor Syndrome, UNLV Study Finds
Research | June 3, 2020
Business professor and socialization researcher Richard Gardner offers tips for coping with unfounded paranoia that you’re not good enough.
Dedicated to Improving Quality of Life for Individuals with Limb Loss
portrait of man
Research | May 28, 2020
Physical therapy professor Szu-Ping Lee relies on patients – particularly veterans and seniors – as well as clinicians to help guide his research on ways to improve mobility after limb loss.
Rock Stars
Two women stand in front of an image of a Martian rover
Research | May 19, 2020
Pair of geoscience professors at the forefront of UNLV’s contributions to Mars exploration, but plenty more academics are involved in the Red Planet.
Why Clouds Form Near Black Holes
Research | May 14, 2020
Once you leave the majestic skies of Earth, the word “cloud” no longer means a white fluffy-looking structure that produces rain. Instead, clouds in the greater universe are clumpy areas of greater density than their surroundings.
New Study Links Geologic Features of Las Vegas’ Frenchman Mountain with Grand Canyon
Interior of Grand Canyon with individual looking at rocks
Research | May 1, 2020
Las Vegas Valley rock layer matches that of a famous interval of rocks at the Grand Canyon; findings reported in the journal Geology.
Senior Design Takes it Online
A man in a suit pulls a cord on a dune buggy
Research | May 1, 2020
Annual College of Engineering competition will hold all of its team presentations and judging virtually.
To Vaccinate or Not?
A medical syringe
Research | May 1, 2020
UNLV’s Director of Bioethics explores whether vaccine-refusing parents will reconsider their beliefs in light of COVID-19.