News: Office of Community Engagement

Oscar Goodman presents award to student Merissa Viviano
Business and Community |

Merissa Viviano captures prestigious award from LVCVA, and a toast from the Happiest Mayor on Earth

senior Amber Turner and alumna Lisa Danielson
Research |

UNLV undergraduate and NASA intern Amber Turner shares her remarkable research journey, which may someday lead to human civilizations on other planets.

A high school student explores a project
Campus News |

UNLV mines its own grade books to ensure students aren’t weeded out of STEM classes.

Mary S. Croughan
People |

Croughan is seasoned administrator and accomplished researcher with more than 30 years of experience in the University of California system.

Simon Jowitt
People |

This economic geologist talks about being in a state where the mining industry thrives and about the difficulty of getting his 6-foot 4-inch frame into a running helicopter on rough ground.

Palm trees and U.N.L.V. banner
Business and Community |

Offered for the first time this year, the Community Engagement Awards recognize four UNLV employees for commitment to community-focused research and service.

Desiree Reed-Francois shakes hands
Athletics |

Former Virginia Tech deputy begins her tenure at UNLV June 1.

Student checks out the Intersection office
Campus News |

Executive director Harriet Barlow on the development of UNLV's new academic multicultural center.

Devon Payne
Campus News |

Junior microbiology major selected as a 2017 Goldwater Scholar.

Stephen M. Miller smiling and sitting behind a shelf filled with books
Business and Community |

The director of UNLV's Center for Business and Economic Research on the economic issues we can't keep kicking down the road.

Katherine Hertlein speaking to a patient
People |

When things are up in the air, marriage and family therapists help you spot what is about to fall. UNLV's Katherine Hertlein on being an agent for social change.

Barbara St. Pierre Schneider and Alison Deng
Research |

A faculty-and-student research team is shining a light on white blood cells to better understand what their location implies about their role in muscle repair.