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People | October 2, 2023

The author, assistant professor, and University Libraries Alumnus of the Year has become a go-to expert on the history of slavery in the Americas and cultures in the African diaspora.

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Campus News | October 2, 2023

The revised form, which will be available December 2023, will broaden the number of students who can qualify for Federal Pell Grants.

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Research | October 2, 2023

UNLV-led team explores relationship between warming post-Ice Age temperatures and intensifying summer monsoon rains on groundwater reserves.

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People | October 2, 2023

UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield answers a few questions to provide a glimpse into his personal journey ahead of his Oct. 4 talk.

UNLV Experts In The News

MeteWeb
October 2, 2023

Study of a stalagmite in a Grand Canyon cave reveals early Holocene climate in the southwestern United States

Science Mag
October 2, 2023

The Grand Canyon’s valleys and millions of years of rock layers spanning Earth’s history have earned it a designation as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. But, according to a new UNLV study, its marvels extend to vast cave systems that lie beneath the surface, which just might hold clues to better understand the future of climate change — by studying nature’s past.

Science X
October 2, 2023

The Grand Canyon's valleys and millions of years of rock layers spanning Earth's history have earned it a designation as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. But, according to a new UNLV study, its marvels extend to vast cave systems that lie beneath the surface, which just might hold clues to better understand the future of climate change—by studying nature's past.

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People | October 2, 2023

The director of UNLV’s Occupational Therapy program likens her field to the nest-building skills of birds.

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People | September 28, 2023

Nursing's Alumna of the Year opens free-standing birth center to provide a home-like environment for women in labor.

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Campus News | September 27, 2023

The undergraduate course helps the next generation of decisionmakers analyze prison and parole systems function.

Medical student Cameron Harris (center) on Allegiant Stadium's sideline with Raiders chief medical officer, Dr. Navdeep Singh (left), and team president, Sandra Douglass Morgan (right).
Business and Community | September 26, 2023

Cameron Harris' career choice in orthopaedic surgery is reinforced after completing sports medicine clinical rotation with the Raiders.

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People | September 26, 2023

The College of Liberal Arts Alumnus of the Year went from being uncertain about the future of his education to being one of the top residential real estate agents in the Las Vegas Valley.

Recent Accomplishments

Members of the Radiochemistry program were recently published in the journal Inorganic Chemistry with an article titled, "Structural Investigation of Technetium Dibutylphosphate Species Using X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy."  First author, Jonathan George, is a master's student in Radiochemistry through the Department of Chemistry…
Honors College student Jerwin Tiu was accepted to attend the 23rd annual Public Policy and Leadership Conference (PPLC) at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government this October in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This year, PPLC received applications from 220 different colleges and universities, and invited 70 students in all to attend…
Noria Litaker (History) published Bedazzled Saints: Catacomb Relics in Early Modern Bavaria in the University of Virginia Press's Studies in Early Modern Germany series. The book chronicles the transfer, distribution, and display of nearly four hundred "holy bodies" of ancient Christian martyrs, some of the church’s most prestigious relics, sent…
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