Not-So-Risky Business: Gift from Nevada Surplus Lines Foundation Boosts Scholarships for Business Students
Foundation’s generous $735,000 donation will offset tuition for the first cohort of planned new UNLV bachelor’s degree in insurance and risk management, expected to launch in Fall 2025.
Healing Minds, Building Futures: UNLV’s Commitment to Mental Health and Higher Education Success
Student Counseling and Psychological Services and the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine are working together to expand the availability of psychiatric services for students.
UNLV International Gaming Institute Creates AI Research Hub
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) International Gaming Institute has announced a collaboration with the Responsible Online Gaming Association (ROGA), which will seek to create a laboratory to examine the risks and opportunities of AI in the gambling industry.
In the 5 years since George Floyd's death, what has changed in Las Vegas?
May 25 marks five years since George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police, sparking protests about police conduct nationwide, including in Las Vegas. In the aftermath of that movement, what, if anything, changed about the Black experience in Las Vegas? What reforms have police made? Did George Floyd’s killing at the hands of Officer Derek Chauvin really change police behavior?
UNLV Researchers Explore Pathways to Middle Class and Economic Mobility
New report by UNLV MGM Public Policy Institute examines a high school Career and Technical Education program to increase job placement in hospitality sector.
Assistant Professor Megan Griffard, Ph.D., and doctoral student Danette Barber (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published the article, “This Is Not Online Education. It’s Disaster Education”: A Qualitative Study of Remote and Hybrid School Climates During COVID-19" in AERA Open, the open-access journal for…
Presentation: Office of Research (Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine)
Kavita Batra, together with Cathleen Danheiser, Alexa Doromal, Molly Drader, Karen Gordon, and Dr. Deborah A. Kuhls (all Medicine), presented the poster, “Advancing Veteran Health Through Collaborative Research,” at the 100th Anniversary of VA Research, hosted by the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System. The presentation underscored the Kirk…
Kavita Batra (Medicine) recently co-authored a timely and impactful study titled,“One Way or Another: Consequences and Coping Strategies Among Students and Employees Experiencing Stalking,” published in the Iranian Rehabilitation Journal. The research sheds light on the psychological and behavioral toll of stalking in academic and workplace…
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