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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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Some of the most vibrant headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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Some of the hottest headlines featuring UNLV faculty, staff, and students.

Some early studying during the opening week of the Spring 2026 semester (Josh Hawkins/UNLV).
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A look at some of the most eye-grabbing headlines featuring UNLV faculty, staff, and students.

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A one-of-a-kind seminar brings UNLV students inside Las Vegas’ most iconic resort properties, giving them access to MGM executives and an inside look at an industry that shapes the region.

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A collection of the top news headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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Do you know how to use a makerspace? This class will teach you.

Honors In The News

Washington Post

Once the Strait of Hormuz opens, it could take months to see significant relief at the pump.

NPR

As some large hub airports face growing congestion, the nation’s many smaller airports could play a role in relieving traffic.

Straight Arrow News

Days after a deadly runway collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy took to social media to defend the federal government’s handling of air travel, blaming underfunding and political gridlock for long airport delays. He also promised an overhaul of the nation’s air traffic control system.

AARP

Digital connectivity has become so pervasive that we now expect it nearly everywhere — on busy city streets and faraway beaches, in stores and cars, and, increasingly, while traveling 40,000 feet in the sky.

WURD Radio

March 2026 is the 12 year anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysia Flight MH370, which disappeared from radar on March 8th, 2014. MH370 vanished with 239 people aboard, mostly Chinese nationals, on a flight from Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing. Satellite data showed the plane turned from its flight path and headed south to the far-southern Indian Ocean, where it is believed to have crashed. Dr. Dan Bubb joins the show to further discuss the disappearance of Malaysia Flight 370 in regard to what people know about the plane, theories on what happened to the plane, and why the main wreckage of the aircraft has not been found to this day.

Far & Wide

During a flight, those first few minutes after takeoff and the final stretch before landing place a subtle strain on the body that often goes unnoticed. It only becomes obvious when the body struggles to adjust. Staying awake during these moments matters. But it has less to do with rules and more with how the body handles sudden pressure changes.

Honors Experts

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

Recent Honors Accomplishments

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."
William Sipe (Honors College), assistant professor-in-residence, has released a co-authored book with Casey Ryan Kelly titled, Manifesting Violence: White Terrorism, Digital Culture, and the Rhetoric of Replacement. It investigates the ways in which racial hate is spread through digital ecosystems, including through jokes, memes, and manifestos.…
Michael Chin (Honors) published a piece of creative non-fiction titled “Phantom Pain” with Florida International University’s Gulf Stream Literary Magazine.