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Arts and Culture |

The orchestras are conducted by musical director Taras Krysa.

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Campus News |

Team Protégé wins Shark Tank-style competition for AI-powered speech feedback app.

illustration of two drawn figures dancing
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.

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 |

Photography, research, and community come together to tell a story of Las Vegas’ nonstop economy in Nevada Humanities exhibition.

exterior look of the composer showroom building
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.

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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.

Recent Accomplishments

Noehealani Antolin (Public Health), Manoj Sharma (Public Health), Gabriela Buccini (Public Health), Chad Cross (Public Health), Eduardo Robleto (Life Sciences), Jason Flatt (Public Health) gave an oral presentation on "Understanding Fruit and Vegetables Consumption Behaviors Among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander College…
Ana Reyes, Noehealani Antolin, Nicole Bacani, Bertille Mavegam Tango, Kavita Batra, and Deborah Kuhls (all Medicine) presented a lightning talk on their abstract titled, "A descriptive analysis of Nevada non-adjudicated speeding citations (2018-2021), distressed communities, and transportation insecurity" at the Nevada Public Health Association…
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…
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