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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

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People |

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.

Outdoor view
Campus News |

A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

undergraduates
Campus News |

A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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Campus News |

UNLV’s commencement tradition highlights exceptional students who embody the highest level of academic excellence and community involvement.

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Campus News |

A flowery collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

students prepare to launch balloon
Campus News |

Ballooning achievement serves as proof-of-concept for team's 2027 plans to go orbital.

Honors In The News

The Huffington Post

Unlike some outdated aviation rules, this one has real legitimacy. It’s one of the most familiar instructions in air travel, yet this simple directive often goes ignored. As the plane prepares to take off or touch down, flight attendants ask passengers to return their seats to the upright position.

South Florida Business Journal

Spirit Airlines' collapse is raising broader questions about whether low-cost carriers can survive rising fuel, labor and operating costs as consumers increasingly prioritize value over the cheapest advertised fare.

Reader’s Digest

Flying through storms is fraught enough without a lightning strike to worry about.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Saraah Majid went above and beyond her scholarship requirements to help Opportunity Village's mission to empower, employ, and serve people with disabilities

Mirror UK

Aviophobia, or fear of flying, is remarkably widespread and, for those of us who suffer from it, likely stems from the same fundamental issue — our brains struggling to cope with an environment where we feel utterly powerless.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Valley’s radar center operates with half the optimal number of controllers as FAA seeks to fill thousands of positions nationwide

Honors Experts

An expert in ethnic and national identities, geopolitics, and cross-border cooperation in Eastern Europe and the European Union. 
An expert on commercial aviation, airport history, and travel.
An economist studying microeconometrics, economics of food security, health economics, and urban economics        
An expert in Nevada, Civil War, and gaming history.

Recent Honors Accomplishments

Michael Chin (Honors College) published a short story with San Diego State University's West Coast Review titled ";)."
William Sipe (Honors College) and Casey Ryan Kelly published a chapter titled "Ctrl+V Fascism: Memes, Manifestos, and Far-Right Violence" in the newly released Fascist Legacies: Far-Right Ideologies Then and Now. The book was edited by Ari Kohen and Gerald J. Steinacher and published by the University of Nebraska Press.
Members of the Project Wellness executive board along with committee chairs presented to Mission Fulfillment and Sustainability Fellows with the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (UNLV's accreditor). Students presented data on the progress Project Wellness has made helping students on UNLV's campus and next steps in preparation for…
Julie Acheson, Safiyya Bintali, and Andrew Borts (all Information Technology) presented at the AI in the Classroom: A Virtual Summit, hosted by UNLV and UNR. Acheson, joined by Sam Leif (Teaching and Learning), presented on strategies to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into course creation and design workflows while recognizing the…
Michael Green (Honors), as executive director for the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, oversaw their annual conference, July 30-August 1, in Santa Clara, California. Graduate assistant Fabian Rebolledo also participated. Green also chaired a panel featuring three recent UNLV Ph.D.'s in history: Christina Lamoreux,…
Michael Chin (Honors College) published a work of creative non-fiction with Louisiana State University's New Delta Review titled "And He Didn't Get Hurt."