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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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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.

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Campus News |

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

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People |

Students Lex de Asis and Adrianna N. Tsao among select group nationwide selected for the prestigious research award.

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Campus News |

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.

Honors In The News

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

According to a notice signed by Spirit Airlines’ vice president of human resources, the sudden shutdown impacted nearly 1,000 workers at Harry Reid International Airport, including about 60 captains, 90 first officers, and more than 700 flight attendants.

The Detroit News

Experts say Frontier Airlines is likely to capture a significant share of Spirit Airlines’ business at Detroit Metro and across national routes, though they expect demand to be spread among the remaining low-cost carriers. Frontier offers service between Detroit and Spirit's top three markets, all of them popular among leisure travelers: Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Las Vegas.

Time

The partial government shutdown that left the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unfunded for 75 days ended on Thursday. But the toll it has taken on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) may still be felt for months to come, experts have warned.

Yahoo!

Aviation experts weigh in on why the early bird doesn't just get the worm — it gets the on-time departure.

The National News Desk

More than 1,000 Transportation Security Administration officers have quit since the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security began in February, with emergency funding that has kept workers paid about to run dry ahead of the World Cup and summer travel season.

The Detroit News

Spirit Airlines is Detroit Metropolitan Airport’s No. 2 carrier, and that’s why thousands of travelers like Jeanne and Alan Koval are waiting to learn whether the budget airline founded decades ago in Macomb County will be rescued by a proposed federal bailout or collapse into liquidation.

Honors Experts

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

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.