Building Belonging for UNLV's 2,300 Military-Affiliated Students
With a suite of services, UNLV's Military and Veteran Services Center helps students access their educational benefits and juggle their responsibilities.
Current Issue: Fall 2026
With a suite of services, UNLV's Military and Veteran Services Center helps students access their educational benefits and juggle their responsibilities.
UNLV engineering and science students test an experiential course partially designed for NASA astronauts who will soon return to the moon.
As a student, Christina McGregor is helping veterans like herself transition to college. After grad school, she plans to make an impact through public policy.
Student-volunteers connect with nature and community during Service Day at UNLV's Center for Urban Water Conservation.
Rebel Vets leader works to ensure other military-affiliated students connect with peers on campus.
With each change of hands, the UNLV Clock Tower risks being forgotten — but new routines by Facilities Management are keeping it finely tuned.
What Zelda, Pokémon, and Grand Theft Auto can teach students about the world — one level at a time.
UNLV office at Nellis Air Force Base helps potential students manage the logistics of becoming a Rebel.
A series of fortuitous events helped former UNLV sprinters Kaysha Love and Azaria Hill fulfill their Olympic dreams.
UNLV, UMC, and military medicine partners are on a mission to strengthen healthcare in Southern Nevada.
2026 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification renewal lauds UNLV’s continuing work to strengthen partnerships and critical needs outreach.
From advancing their professions to improving the lives of others, this year’s honorees are putting their expertise to work in ways that reflect the values and experiences they gained at UNLV.
UNLV plans a new Lee Business School building to strengthen the region’s workforce, expand industry partnerships, and support Southern Nevada’s growing economy.
Heavey, a longtime UNLV faculty member and administrator, was named UNLV's 12th permanent president on Oct. 16 after serving as the university's interim president since April 2025.
Opening fall 2026, the expanded campus will welcome up to 80 new little Rebels, giving more families access to high-quality early childhood education.
Long after their playing days end, UNLV hockey alumni carry the program’s values into their careers.
Three generations of Molaskys have helped build Las Vegas. Their newest legacy is about who gets to build it next.
From the football field to the basketball hardwood to the volleyball court, two generations of the Harris family beam with Rebel Pride.
New initiative helps returning and current students find their way forward to a UNLV degree; includes partnership with education non-profit Earn to Learn.
How UNLV radiochemistry is pioneering the future of energy in the Southwest by salvaging strategic materials from nuclear dumps – and making it safe.
Students in the new bachelor's program benefit from a Las Vegas home field advantage and industry connections.
UNLV-led study is the first to examine attitudes of men toward the social media housewife trend that calls for return to traditional gender roles.
The initiative explores how higher education areas like research and academics contribute to sustainability efforts.
More than three decades after a record-setting place-kicking career with UNLV football, Las Vegas baseball coaching legend Nick Garritano tapped to lead the Hustlin’ Rebels.
Longtime UNLV head baseball coach retires as the second-winningest coach in program history.
UNLV physics lab works on new research harnessing the power of X-rays to extend the lifespan of batteries in electric cars and cell phones.
UNLV among select group of universities with high research output identified for potential to “unleash innovation” and create economic impact.
Interdisciplinary team will perform computational modeling, experimental design, and develop AI database to identify natural materials for rapid construction in challenging environments.
An interdisciplinary team developing a household filtration and distillation unit is ready to advance to onsite pilot testing phase.
Karen J. Wagner grew up listening to her dad talk about his days in the Army. She knew she wanted to be a soldier too. At UNLV, she was in ROTC and then spent nearly two decades working her way up the ranks. On September 11, 2001, she went to her office at the Pentagon.
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