Honors College News
The Honors College is a selective college within the university that offers an enhanced undergraduate core experience for highly motivated students. We partner with the "discipline" colleges at UNLV where honors students pursue their academic majors.
Current Honors News
The Honors College Alumnus of the Year says UNLV gave him the confidence to tackle complex problems, a skill he now puts to work as a software engineer at Google.
A selection of prominent headlines featuring UNLV experts from July and August.
From advancing their professions to improving the lives of others, this year’s honorees are putting their expertise to work in ways that reflect the values and experiences they gained at UNLV.
A three-day, 1,000-mile journey to the Colorado River's Rocky Mountain headwaters turned a semester of water policy coursework into something students could literally wade into deeply.
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.
A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.
Honors In The News
The Constitution bars a maximum age, and only an amendment could add one.
On a couple of recent flights, gate agents informed us the flights were full and asked for volunteers to check their bags at the gate free of charge. On one flight, the gate agent went further, warning that if no one volunteered, everyone would be required to check their bags at the gate.
The rule was imposed in 1959 and updated once. Congress has been debating whether to change it again.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has recently launched major updates to its airport checkpoints, rolling back several post-9/11 security protocols. But despite being among the initial launch hubs, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) recently hit a snag when TSA staff denied Gateside access to an approved visitor due to "lack of training."
Aviation expert and former airline pilot Daniel Bubb, an Honors College professor at UNLV, is weighing in on what factors may have contributed to the deadly incident.
For the first time in more than two decades, friends and family members who aren’t flying can once again accompany loved ones beyond airport security.
