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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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For nearly two decades, the Honors College Alumnus of the Year has been on the same mission: Make sure every UNLV student has a fulfilling college experience.

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Campus News |

Through the smiles and tears, parents at Rebel Ready Week share their thoughts on sending a child off to college.

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Campus News |

Roundup of the hottest news headlines featuring UNLV students and staff.

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People |

From the desert to the mountains to the market, Honors College student Allister Dias explores Morocco as part of Lee Business School's Global Entrepreneurship Experience.

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News highlights featuring UNLV students and staff who made (refreshing) waves in the headlines.

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Juan Rubio Pulido joins the first cohort of TheDream.US scholars to graduate from UNLV.

Honors In The News

Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español

When three casinos opened on the Las Vegas Strip in 1999, it marked the first time in the strip's history that a trio of new megaresorts debuted in the same year.

Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español

When three casinos opened on the Las Vegas Strip in 1999, it marked the first time in the strip's history that a trio of new megaresorts debuted in the same year.

Las Vegas Review Journal

When three casinos opened on the Las Vegas Strip in 1999, it marked the first time in the corridor’s history that a trio of new mega-resorts debuted in a single calendar year.

Las Vegas Review Journal

When three casinos opened on the Las Vegas Strip in 1999, it marked the first time in the corridor’s history that a trio of new mega-resorts debuted in a single calendar year.

Newsweek

A video capturing a "vortex" on a plane, with water spewing out from the wing during a flight, has left internet viewers guessing. The clip shared by TikTok user @ashtonvonkessler, which has over 843,000 views since it was posted on August 30, shows a couple seated on a plane. A message overlaid on the video reads: "Marrying a pilot means learning the most random aviation facts throughout your flight." The footage shows a view of streams of water shooting out from the edge of a plane wing. "What is that?" reads a caption shared with the post.

Las Vegas Review Journal

AJ Pratt may be the Forrest Gump of organized crime. Or, possibly, its Sidd Finch — the Mets pitching prospect and French horn enthusiast George Plimpton invented for Sports Illustrated. The docuseries “The Tailor of Sin City” (10 p.m. Thursday, SundanceTV) follows Pratt as he builds a clothing business in Wichita, Kansas — then leaves it all behind in 1969 for a move to Las Vegas.

Honors Experts

An expert on commercial aviation, airport history, and travel.
An expert in ethnic and national identities, geopolitics, and cross-border cooperation in Eastern Europe and the European Union. 
A licensed clinical psychologist and noted expert on women's health and human sexuality. 
An expert in Nevada, Civil War, and gaming history.
An economist studying microeconometrics, economics of food security, health economics, and urban economics        

Recent Honors Accomplishments

Gillian Gottlieb (Honors College; Nursing) with Corrin Sullivan, Dale Netski, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) published an article, "Anxiety and Depression Among College Students in the Post-COVID-19 Phase," in the Journal of Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health. 
Gillian Gottlieb, Lisa Menegatos (Honors), Brenna Renn (Psychology), with Corrin Sullivan, Dale Netski and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) presented a poster of their study, "The Mental Health Impact Among College Students in the Post-COVID-19 Phase" at the Spring 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium held at UNLV.  Gottlieb is graduating this…
Michael Green (History; Honors) was elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society, based in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is a national research library and learned society founded in 1812.
Project Wellness President Jose Llanes, faculty co-advisors to Project Wellness Ursula Kamanga (Honors; Communication Studies) and Daniel Bubb (Honors; Academic Affairs), the Project Wellness Executive Board, and the Project Wellness Planning Board published an article in The Beacon, a newsletter distributed to colleges and universities…
Members of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the American Medical Student Association, Project Wellness, and other UNLV students participated in assembling hygiene and health kits for the unhoused. In all, 20 students participated in this project, resulting in 153 kits that will be given to the unhoused. Next week, the kits will be delivered to local Las Vegas…
Lance Nelson (Health Sciences), John Starkey (Business), Marlon Urquico (Honors) and Cheryl Tillotson (Liberal Arts) are the winners of the 2023-24 UNLV Academic Advising Awards presented by the Office of the Associate Vice Provost for Student Success and the Academic Advising Council Leadership Team. These awards recognize individuals that go…