Danny Villanueva talks with students visiting Ash Meadows
Research |

Daniel Villanueva returns to the School of Life Sciences to help address challenges facing the endangered Devils Hole pupfish.

aerial view of the Las Vegas Valley
Business and Community |

Annual forecast prepared by UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research now projects Clark County will reach 3 million residents in 2055. 
 

Charles Gianelloni
People |

Alumnus Charles Gianelloni brings a business-minded approach to law that traces back to a commercial lease detail he never forgot.

Joy Ramiro smiling, wearing a blue shirt
People |

The Administrative Faculty of the Year honoree brings nearly a decade of experience to the careful work of protecting participants and guiding responsible progress.

UNLV Experts In The News

The Independent UK

The topic of age-gap relationships continues to fascinate and disgust in equal measure. But what isn’t discussed enough is the children of people in these relationships, who are suddenly expected to accept a parent’s new, much younger partner and welcome them into the family.

P.B.S.

Women’s sports in Las Vegas are no longer sidelined. They’re part of a growing business that is attracting new teams, new investment, new fans and new players. We look at the growth of women’s sports and how it’s becoming big business.

Huffington Post

You’ve probably never thought too hard about it. As you board a plane, a flight attendant stands at the aircraft door, smiles, says “welcome,” maybe glances at your boarding pass. It feels like basic hospitality, like the aviation equivalent of a host greeting you at a restaurant. But that brief interaction is doing a lot more than it seems.

high school graduates from the Rebel College Accelerator program
Campus News |

Now in its fifth year, the program has helped more than 1,800 high schoolers from around Southern Nevada graduate with college credits — and set their futures in motion.

UNLV alumna Yvonne Hicks
People |

UNLV alumna Yvette Wintermute’s legacy of kindness and care continues through scholarships established by her twin sister, fellow alumna Yvonne Hicks.

Manolo Vazquez wearing Spain's flag during 2026 FIFA World Cup game
People |

Information systems major Manolo Vazquez is applying what he learns in the classroom to the data, technology, and decision-making that shape the world's biggest sporting event.

Anirudh “Ani” Singh, DO, and Joel Jimenez Vargas, MD, are third-year residents in the department of psychiatry and behavioral health.
Business and Community |

With a passion for helping people, psychiatry residents Dr. Anirudh Singh and Dr. Joel Jimenez Vargas value human connection while serving the Las Vegas community.

UNLV letters placed in front of rocky landscape at Red Rock state park
People |

Created in honor of longtime staff member, a new geoscience scholarship celebrates 50 years of change while helping the next generation of scientists.

Recent Accomplishments

Madeline Clark (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) published "Problems of Professional Competence, Remediation Interventions, and Outcomes in Counselor Education: A Case-Level Study" with colleagues from Kent State University in Counselor Education and Supervision.   
Soumya Upadhyay (Healthcare Administration and Policy) coauthored an article titled “Nurse Staffing and Hospital-Acquired Infections in Rural Versus Non-Rural Hospitals.” in the journal Hospitals, along with researchers from Roseman University of Health Sciences, College of Southern Nevada and Bay Area Community Health. The article explores how a…
Lori Johnson (Law) was elected to the Executive Committee of the Legal Writing Institute as the new Ccommunications and public relations officer.
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