Office of Community Engagement News
Current Community Engagement News
Students tackle food and housing insecurity through service to the community.
Edwin Oh uses genetics to improve health while Katherine Hertlein explores healthy relationships and the connection between sexuality and technology.
The university’s top engagement awards recognize commitment to the community in four different categories.
Professor Edwin Oh finds valuable COVID information lurking in our sewers.
Faculty/staff outreach award recipient Laura Kruskall developed a multifaceted approach to address food insecurity while providing opportunities for students.
Service-learning award recipient Deirdre Clemente teaches students to use historical knowledge gained through archival research to create new ways to educate the public.
Community Engagement In The News
A Las Vegas autism services nonprofit is fundraising for more staff following its takeover of a medical therapy and diagnostic center.
Like many others, Azra Ozdemir’s parents sent her off on the first day of school with the usual sage advice about doing well so she could get into a good college.
It’s still nearly 90 degrees in Las Vegas, so it makes sense if thoughts of winter seem far out of the picture.
It’s always tough to predict how severe a flu season will be, and this year is no different, with health experts seeing signs both good and bad.
Zooming to the future.
tudy shows chronic hyperglycemia impairs working memory performance and alters fundamental aspects of working memory brain networks. The findings strengthen the link between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.