News: Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering

unlv solar decathlon team during construction
Campus News |

Multidisciplinary student team overcame 2020 pandemic obstacles and competition delays to win first in the operations and presentation categories, and second place for innovation and energy.

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Business and Community |

From the Solar Decathlon to student scholarships, Commercial Roofers helps students rise to demands of challenging field.

Portrait of Professor David James, Civil and Environmental Engineering
People |

Longtime civil engineering faculty member David James takes a look back at how UNLV and Southern Nevada have changed over the last 30 years

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Campus News |

U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of top graduate and professional schools ranks 26 UNLV programs within nation’s top 100.

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Business and Community |

After pandemic delays, about 50 students on Team Las Vegas gear up for UNLV's third showdown in the international Solar Decathlon sustainable homebuilding competition.

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Campus News |

New interdisciplinary degree looks at long-term solution to thwarting cybercrimes

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Campus News |

A collection of news stories from the new year highlighting the experts and events at UNLV.

Professor Nancy Lough standing in front of Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas
People |

Great places are made of great people. Here are a few who made the news in 2020.

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Business and Community |

As the pandemic tightened its grip on Nevada, the nation, and the world, UNLV responded in ways big and small. Members of the media also turned to UNLV's faculty experts for answers.

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People |

Alumnus Parker Hill learned the importance of diving right into any and all problems during Senior Design.

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People |

Miles Buckner, who came to UNLV after 12 years in civil engineering, learned new tricks through Senior Design Competition.

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People |

Alumna credits her involvement in a student organization with her current career in aeronautical engineering.