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William F. Harrah College of Hospitality News

The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality is among the highest ranked hospitality management programs in the world. By blending classroom and real-world experience, our students receive a well-rounded and affordable pathway towards a successful career.

Current Hospitality News

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The Engle family's love for UNLV runs so deep they named their terrier-poodle mix Rebel. Now, they're helping the next generation of Honors College students unleash their potential.

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A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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Plus: Watch the Spring 2026 Commencement recap video.

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The newest Rebel grads reflect on their time at UNLV and share what the future holds.

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Promoting the game and serving the community go hand in glove for UNLV golf management students.

Hospitality In The News

Nation's Restaurant News

The company has gone to great lengths to invest in its 55,000-plus employees (“associates” in Panda lingo), which includes the profit-sharing program as well as a partnership with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) called the University of Panda. Through this program, founded in 2013, associates can take classes and get college credit.

Las Vegas Weekly

Changing ownership of casinos has been a significant part of the gaming landscape in Las Vegas from the very beginning, perhaps most notoriously with Bugsy Siegel at the Flamingo, the oldest resort on the Strip. Buyouts and mergers have shaped the Strip through generations.

KNPR News

UNLV's Harrah College of Hospitality is introducing the state's first undergraduate degree in sports hospitality management, they said in a news release.

96.3 KKLZ

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is introducing the state's first undergraduate degree in sport hospitality management, a new program housed within the university's William F. Harrah College of Hospitality.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Aspiring sports management professionals in Nevada now have a new path to enter the growing industry.

KSNV-TV: News 3

UNLV students can soon pursue an undergraduate degree in sport hospitality management.

Hospitality Experts

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Recent Hospitality Accomplishments

Researcher Amanda Belarmino (Hospitality) examines existing studies on the growing trend of staycations in the article: "There's no place like home: a systematic literature review of research related to staycations." The study includes a total of 33 peer-reviewed articles, gathered from Scopus, Science Direct, Elsevier, Springer, Taylor and…
Jessica Immonen (Dental) was invited to be a platform presenter at the Annual American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA) Conference held at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Her presentation was titled "Improving Diagnosis and Management of TMJ Osteoarthritis with Cadaveric CBCT-Acquired Data" and was selected to be delivered within the "…
Cass Shum (Hospitality) and her coauthors received the First Runner-Up Best Paper Award at APacCHRIE 2026 in Osaka, Japan, for their paper titled "Deontic justice for robots: How and when employees’ robot abuse  affects customers’ revisit and negative word-of-mouth."
Hyelin (Lina) Kim (UNLV Hospitality) and her coauthors—Sung-Eun Kim from Kyungpook National University and UNLV Hospitality Ph.D. alumna, Zhenxian Piao from the University of Central Florida, and Seokhyun (Sean) Kim (Hospitality)—received the Second Runner-Up Best Paper Award at APacCHRIE 2026 in Osaka, Japan, for their paper titled "Virtual…
Mana Azizsoltani (Hospitality) & Ismael Gomez-Talal (International Gaming Institute) published an article titled 'Building a brief multidomain questionnaire for gambling dual disorder: Psychometric validation and RDoC-based dimensional structure' in the International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. This study yielded a…
UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hospitality was recently ranked the #1 Hospitality & Hotel Management school in the world by CEOWORLD Magazine. The College of Hospitality topped numerous premier institutions, including Cornell, Penn State, and Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management. The ranking is based on seven weighted metrics that…