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Arts and Culture |

This final concert of the dance season wraps-up the glowing year of dance.

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Research |

Alzheimer’s treatment studies offer hope as UNLV expert predicts new potential drugs, biomarkers will yield critical insight for future development.

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Arts and Culture |

Students will perform a live, one-night-only show of both works-in-progress written sketches and entirely improvised long-form comedy.

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Campus News |

Academic leaders remove enrollment barriers, expand regional recruitment efforts, and improve communication through personalized support.

UNLV Experts In The News

Medical Xpress

The world of Alzheimer's treatments is at an inflection point as more potential drugs make their way out of clinical trials. On the heels of newly FDA-approved drugs Aduhelm (aducanumab) in 2021 and Leqembi (lecanemab) in 2023, a UNLV researcher says that 2024 is a "learning year" for Alzheimer's drug development.

Travel + Leisure

Picture this: It's about 20 minutes after takeoff, and you hear your captain make an announcement. "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached our cruising altitude of 35,000 feet," they say. Or, maybe they say 36,000 feet, or 40,000 feet, or 33,000 feet. Cruising altitude isn't actually a fixed number — there are many factors that go into computing this for every flight.

K.V.V.U. T.V. Fox 5

UNLV research shows a decline from the pandemic surge of Californians moving to Nevada.

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Arts and Culture |

The May 1 concert features legendary jazz drummer Tommu Igoe.

children participating in the Jr. Rebels summer camp at UNLV
Business and Community |

Centralized registration streamlines process for parents seeking university summer camps and programming for K-12 students.

a crane pours glowing hot steel into a large vat
Research |

Funding is part of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program to develop zero emissions ironmaking and ultra-low life cycle emissions steelmaking.

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People |

The human resources director for University Libraries finds magic in her Vegas life.

AI rendering of binary planets orbiting eachother
Research |

Study in Nature Astronomy theorizes that dense stellar clusters may eject pairs of giant planets, which remain gravitationally bound to one another.
 

Recent Accomplishments

Aastha Poudel, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, " A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) programs: A comprehensive review" at the 2024 Nevada Public Health Association Annual Conference held…
Bertille Assoumou, Vidhani Goel, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) gave an oral presentation of their abstract entitled "Maternal Marijuana Use and Poor Birth Outcomes in the United States: A Comprehensive Review" at the Nevada Public Health Association Virtual conference on April 17, 2024.
Muhammad Sohail Akhter, Asma Awan, and Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) presented a paper titled, "The role of palliative care in improving the quality of life among cancer patients: A systematic review" at the 2024 Nevada Public Health Association Annual Conference held virtually on April 17, 2024. The…
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