Office of Executive Vice President and Provost News
The Executive Vice President and Provost (EVP&P) serves as the university’s chief academic and budget officer and as the chief executive officer of the university in the absence of the president. It provides leadership to support an interdisciplinary, student-centered culture across the campus especially in the area of retention, progression, and completion.
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Lakshmi Reddi, an engineer with a ‘lifelong love affair’ with the arts, on how he came to understand the value of education.
While her fMRI journey has stretched nearly around the world, the chance to return to the university that helped shape her path was a no-brainer.
UNLV boasts Nevada’s only MRI facility dedicated to university research. Here’s what our professors hope to discover with it.
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Competition was fierce for the 79 student teams that managed portfolios of $500,000.
The institute prepares a stronger cybersecurity workforce and supports local industry needs by expanding hands-on training and interdisciplinary learning.
Executive Vice President and Provost In The News
David Lonergan is already helping his son, a high school senior, prepare for college and UNLV’s new One Admit program is making it that much easier to enroll next year.
UNLV and the College of Southern Nevada will begin offering guaranteed admission to their schools for Clark County School District seniors, starting with next fall’s freshman class, a UNLV official told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Lakshmi N. Reddi, an accomplished university administrator and current interim provost at New Mexico State University, has been appointed as next executive vice president and provost of University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), effective June 1.
UNLV leaders, including Interim President Chris Heavey, talked about a planned healing garden near Beam Hall, where the shooting happened. The garden is expected to feature trees, flowers and benches that will feature the names of the victims. It was inspired by responses to a campus-wide survey asking for a memorial that looked natural and felt tranquil, school officials said.
School is in session, and going back to school may look different for older adults looking to get their degree for the first time.
After UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield announced that he was stepping down from his position on Monday, a chancellor at the Nevada System of Higher Education appointed a new leader to take charge temporarily.
