UNLV employees recently were honored at the 2012 Academic Recognition Ceremony with systemwide and universitywide awards for notable research, teaching, and service.

Christopher Kearney's work offers insight about why kids might refuse to go to school.

The UNLV Psychological Assessment and Testing Clinic provides a much-needed, low-cost service to the community by evaluating cognitive and academic skills of kindergarteners through adults.

Study of Local Teens Shows Latina Girls Are More At-Risk than Latino Boys for Developing Eating Disorders

The UNLV Baby and Child Rebel Lab researches why babies stereotype and how stereotyping can be curbed before children reach adulthood.

The work of one UNLV master’s student and her supervisor on the psychological and social consequences of gastric bypass surgery led them to compile their findings in a new book, which explores the reasons why patients undergo the procedure and the varied ways that the dramatic weight loss changes their lives.

Psychology professor Marta Meana appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show and discusses what ignites desire in women.

The Harry Reid Silver State Research Award honors UNLV’s most respected faculty scholars, whose work exemplifies the best in Nevada research.

Designed to encourage faculty collaboration and acquisition of external grant funding, the President’s Research Award has also sparked intriguing research projects on subjects ranging from nanotechnology to volcanoes.

Christopher Kearney’s new book delves into the psychological causes and treatments of social anxiety in children.