News: Office of Community Engagement

Hands holding a scalpel and a pen
People |

In her transdisciplinary Honors College thesis project, UNLV senior Kendahl Servino investigates how our regard for our hands can reveal far more than we might expect.

Esports arena at Luxor
Business and Community |

With live sports temporarily on hold, more Americans than ever have turned to esports to fill the void. UNLV expert Robert Rippee on the phenomenon and what’s next.

Three children stare at a beaker
Business and Community |

Carnegie Foundation names university among top institutions in country for community engagement.

Kids looking at library books
Business and Community |

UNLV College of Education assembles online library of books amid coronavirus pandemic to help support children, parents, teachers.

A UNLV student adds packed lunches to a crate.
Business and Community |

UNLV Public Policy Professor Jessica Word on the vital role of nonprofits in good times and in crisis.

7-year-old boy in blue shirt, 1st grader William Hawkins, 9-year-old 3rd grader Georgia Hawkins, and PhD student in microbiology Erin Cassin, all working/learning from home on the dining room table.
Business and Community |

UNLV College of Education experts share tips, resources, and activities for parents thrust into the added role of schoolteacher, guidance counselor, and playground monitor.

1040EZ form viewed on a screen
Business and Community |

UNLV tax law expert Francine J. Lipman shares tips on how to navigate economic challenges from COVID-19.

collage of book covers
Arts and Culture |

The UNLV Teacher Development & Resources Library recommends fantasy and science fiction books for your kids (or even a good read for yourself).

black keyboard with package of Clorox wipes in foreground
Research |

UNLV microbiologist Brian Hedlund on the science of germs, where they like to lurk, and how to effectively get rid of them.

census form
Campus News |

Policy decisions — such as how to allocate student loan and public health funds — rely on self-reported data.

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.
Business and Community |

UNLV researchers, medical investigator to discuss coronavirus pandemic March 30; event to be livestreamed

doctor in hallway talking to residents
Campus News |

UNLV School of Medicine faculty physicians, fellows, residents, and students care for our community in several hospitals in Southern Nevada.