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Celebrating UNLV’s Spring 2022 Outstanding Graduates
UNLV president will highlight exceptional students at commencement who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
Congrats, UNLV Class of 2022!
More than 3,300 UNLV students, and one legendary film actress, crossed the Thomas & Mack Center stage to become UNLV newest alumni during Spring 2022 Commencement.
The Science Behind Identifying Human Remains
How UNLV anthropologist Jennifer Byrnes is helping improve training for forensic scientists.
Two Fish, Less Fish? Save the Pupfish!
A bottomless hole, a tiny fish, and an ongoing preservation legacy that took a UNLV professor all the way to the Supreme Court and created one of North America's most important conservation sites.
Water as a Source of Life — and of Conflict
Hydrophilanthropy, the practice of aiding those in water-scarce regions, can transform lives. But when done carelessly, it can lead to immeasurable harm.
UNLV Experts In The News
A fresh wave of COVID-19 infections has hit Southern Nevada, triggered by a new omicron subvariant, waning immunity and riskier behavior, a top official with the Southern Nevada Health District said Wednesday.
After several days of classroom lockdowns when violent brawls broke out inside Desert Oasis High School in Las Vegas, Cherish Morgan had had enough.
In 2019, a team of researchers in Las Vegas set out to show that drivers can be less likely to stop their cars for someone crossing the street in front of them depending on the pedestrian's skin color or gender. They ran a simple test - they sent a white woman, a white man, a Black woman, and a Black man to cross residential streets in suburban Las Vegas, where the speed limit was 35. They took note of which cars hit the brakes and which ones sped on by.
UNLV Jazz Wins Six 2022 Downbeat Student Music Awards
The UNLV Jazz & Commercial Music program has garnered 39 DownBeat Student Music Awards since 2010.
Nevada Conservatory Theatre Announces 2022-23 Season
The upcoming season celebrates theater with a variety of productions the entire family will love.
Moving Quickly Toward a Career in Nursing
As she graduates through an accelerated program, Acacia Herndon is eager to join the nursing workforce with skills she honed as a nurse apprentice and as a researcher.
The Stewards of a Broken Climate
Confronted in our desert backyard by the inescapable effects of a deteriorating environment, these UNLV researchers, professors, and activists are fighting to mitigate the effects of climate change on scientific, legal, and sociological fronts.
UNLV to Welcome Class of 2022 During Spring Commencement May 13 and 14
More than 3,000 students from 40 states and 56 countries to participate in ceremonies at 4 p.m. May 13, and at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. May 14. All ceremonies at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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