• Tony Ferrar climbing at Red Rock Canyon

    The engineer-turned-rock climber approaches challenges with optimism and a ‘make it happen’ attitude.

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Arts and Culture |

The festival brings a full day of vibrant music, culture, and extraordinary performances to the UNLV Performing Arts Center.

two women and one man working in UNLV Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Lab
Research |

Faculty and students from the Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Lab help solve missing persons cases.

two male students on UNLV campus
Campus News |

A scholarship program built around community has graduated 74% of its students and earned a $2 million NSF grant to expand.

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Campus News |

Some of the hottest headlines featuring UNLV faculty, staff, and students.

UNLV Experts In The News

Reno Gazette-Journal

Few structures shaped the modern American West like Hoover Dam. Rising from Black Canyon in the 1930s, the massive concrete arch structure, finished in the Art Deco style of the era, tamed the Colorado River, created Lake Mead and helped power a growing Southwest. But at the time, its importance to Southern Nevada was less about water and more about survival.

Segye Ilbo

This research was conducted as an international joint research project involving Professor Mingon Kang of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

Better Homes & Gardens

Designating a space in your home as a screen-free zone can be hugely beneficial. It helps create boundaries, encourages connection and conversation, inspires new hobbies and movement, and can positively impact your sleep quality. If creating a screen-free space in your home sounds impossible, keep reading, and you'll find it's actually not that hard if you start small and help everyone acclimate.

Magnus Chun, MD, is a third-year resident in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Department of Internal Medicine.
People |

Driven by all kinds of research, Dr. Magnus Chun has a keen interest in gastroenterology topics.

colorful mural featuring elements of Las Vegas
Campus News |

Mural and leadership course pay homage to women who have elevated the hospitality industry while acknowledging the challenges that remain.

large photo collage of musicians
Arts and Culture |

The free concert features several world premieres of music ranging from miniature vibraphone interludes to compositions for mixed ensemble.

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Arts and Culture |

The classic Baroque opera seria dazzles with vocal fireworks and larger-than-life mythic figures.

man leaning against table in front of TV screen and wall that reads Dreamscape Learn
People |

This audiovisual specialist brought fun shirts and award-winning TV production experience to his job building technology spaces for Rebels.

Recent Accomplishments

Mohammed Kaabar (Mathematical Sciences), has been selected as one of the 25 recipients of the 2026 Peer Reviewers Extraordinaire Award by MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching), a program of California State University, Long Beach. The recognition was announced during the OLC Innovate 2026 Conference, an…
Annaliese Grant (Sociology) and her coauthor recently published a paper, "Watching scripted fiction: Repertoires of co-viewing, time, and attention to scripted series and movies in Australia," in Poetics. 
Kari Kokka (Teaching and Learning) gave a keynote for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Spring Conference in Indianapolis, IN on February 11, 2026.
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