Jenny Kent working with a prosthetics patient walking on a treadmill
People |

A career transition changed this physical therapy professor’s life. The challenge she sought for herself has paid off.

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Research |

New analysis by UNLV's Center for Business and Economic Research shows that 40 percent of Nevada’s employer firms were created after COVID-19 as new entrepreneurs reshaped the state’s recovery.
 

musicians on stage celebrating Lunar New Year
Arts and Culture |

Now in its fourth year, this large-scale annual event has become a signature cultural celebration in Las Vegas, bringing together music, movement, and cross-cultural dialogue on one stage.

A closeup of a football between a football player's hands.
Campus News |

When stadiums, Super Bowls, Swifties, and superfans become your case studies.

UNLV Experts In The News

History Channel

Although St. Valentine lends his name to Valentine’s Day, he did not become known as the patron saint of lovers until hundreds of years after his death. The third-century priest lived during a time when Christians were persecuted for their religious beliefs. Records and historic liturgical calendars indicate he was martyred, though what exactly led to his murder is a bit murky.

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

A FOX5 story into speeding on the 215 around Stephanie has generated nearly 700 comments on Facebook, with many drivers defending excessive speeds in construction zones.

History Channel

Much like the origins of Valentine’s Day, the real identity of St. Valentine remains a bit of a mystery. The holiday’s namesake, a martyred priest, actually could have been one of multiple men. Although many think of him as the patron saint of lovers, this reputation likely began centuries after his death.

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Research |

New research shows PTSD symptoms and pain can trigger one another in the first few weeks after sexual assault.

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Campus News |

Decades of infrastructure improvements and evolving standards show how UNLV has embedded accessibility into campus planning, design, and digital spaces.

Plastinated specimen in the Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education Building's cadaver lab.
Business and Community |

How medical students are mastering anatomy through human body dissection, plastinated specimens, and immersive technologies.

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Research |

Through UNLV-UNR Extension collaboration, Kara Radzak hopes to better inform new mothers about proper exercise before and after childbirth.

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Arts and Culture |

The artworks on view will include sculptures, drawings, prints, photography, video and audio art, and more, from an array of national and international artists.

Recent Accomplishments

Stewart Chang's (Law) article, A Right to be Born?: What Dobbs Could Mean for Artificial Reproductive Technologies, was published in the University of Baltimore Law Review. 
Yan Zhou (Physics and Astronomy) received a five-year Early Career Award from the Department of Energy in the amount of $875,000. By integrating techniques from trapped-ion quantum information processing with the exceptional sensitivity of molecules, Zhou’s team will develop a tabletop experiment capable of probing combined Charge and Parity (CP)…
Baylor Akhavan and Wolfram Samlowski (both Medicine) have recently published a study titled, "A combination of low TMB and PD-L1 expression predict poor progression-free survival of metastatic melanoma patients treated with first-line ipilimumab plus nivolumab," in Frontiers in Immunology. The study showed that tumor mutational burden (…
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