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Campus News |

Business Affairs units get into the holiday spirit with office decorating contest.

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Campus News |

Reflecting on all the successes the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine has accomplished in the past year.

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Confectionery creation pays homage to UNLV's future Transit Center Garage.

The back of a student graduating with their master's degree, wearing the graduation cap and gown and a light brown stole.
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Faculty and staff made sure students looked their best before crossing the Thomas & Mack stage during Commencement last week.

UNLV Experts In The News

Las Vegas Sun

As people settle in to watch holiday movies this week, a question arises: What makes a Christmas movie? Not every film with Christmas in it qualifies, says Adam Paul, an assistant professor of film at UNLV. True Christmas movies share essential elements: hope, family, nostalgia, magic, redemption and often romance.

The Nevada Independent

 

Santa Claus has long called the North Pole home. But let’s be honest — 24 hours of darkness and subfreezing winter temperatures aren’t the most conducive to making toys. His workforce, including the reindeer, are aging, and in an era of fast-moving technology and rapid shipping, the North Pole isn’t necessarily a transportation hub.

 

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

A UNLV professor who helps establish medical clinics by day spends his free time trapping stray cats in his neighborhood to get them spayed and neutered.

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A collection of the top news headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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Campus News |

One priority for this new role within the President's Office is launching the Institutional Engagement and Experience Council.

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Business and Community |

For three decades, UNLV and community organizations have hosted program to turn Christmas trees into mulch for local parks and residents; nearly 10,000 trees recycled in 2024.
 

A red mortarboard with text "Rebels Class of 2025"
Campus News |

More than 2,300 new UNLV alumni crossed the Thomas & Mack Center stage. Watch the video recap.

Catherine Cardwell, dean of University Libraries at UNR, and Jarret Keene during award ceremony
People |

Jarret Keene on the prestigious honor, Las Vegas as a genre, and becoming a ‘pop scholar.’

Recent Accomplishments

Benjamin Edwards (Law) was honored with the 2025 Pat Sadler Distinguished Service Award from the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association (PIABA). The award recognizes remarkable, long-term contributions to advancing and protecting the interests of public investors in securities and commodities arbitration. Edwards currently serves as Vice…
Dr. Jyoti Mago (Dental) and Dr. Manoj Sharma (Public Health) presented “Oral Health Care in the Geriatric Population: An Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist’s Perspective” at Smiles for Life, in collaboration with the Aging and Public Life Section of the American Public Health Association annual meeting. Doctor of Dental Surgery student Srivainavi…
Lori Johnson (Law) was named to the inaugural cohort of the UNLV Chairs’ Leadership Development Program by the Office of Faculty Affairs.
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