From advancing their professions to improving the lives of others, this year’s honorees are putting their expertise to work in ways that reflect the values and experiences they gained at UNLV.
A Fractured Hand Ended Her Paris Olympic Bid; Her Comeback Rewrote the Record Book
Lee Business School alumna Krishna Jayasankar Menon overcame injury to earn All-American honors and a national title. Now she's eyeing the Olympics as she works on a master's degree.
AI data centers are coming for federal land. They’re roiling the Nevada governor’s race
Janelle Sorenson loves the clear night skies in Boulder City, less than an hour’s drive from the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip. It’s a small, quiet town, and she thinks an artificial intelligence data center would ruin the community and scar the desert landscape.
Clinical Research Trials Bring Innovative Women’s Healthcare to Southern Nevada
Two national studies led locally by UNLV Health physicians expand options for patients while raising the profile of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV as a center for clinical research.
The senior associate director of Student Government and Activities brings more than a decade of UNLV event experience to her new role co-chairing the university’s 60th Homecoming.
An ‘eventful’ life and career led the 2026 Silver State Award honoree to develop a philanthropic relationship with UNLV that has proven to be mutually beneficial.
Hikmet Loe (Art) served as juror for two art organizations this fall: she was invited to jury the new hybrid art form category for Friends of Great Salt Lake annual "Alfred Lambourne Prize" (Salt Lake City); and was curator and juror for the Clark County Public Arts exhibition "Desert Pools" held at Winchester Dondero Cultural Center in Las Vegas.
Amruta Godbole (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) presented her research titled "Associations of Prenatal and Childhood polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) with Kidney Function at Age 12" at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Nevada Chapter of the American Statistical Association.
Jeffrey T. Child (Communication Studies) recently had an encyclopedia entry accepted for publication in the second edition of the International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy about Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theory. The entry describes the propositions, scope, and state of research utilizing CPM as a framework to…
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