Howard Hughes’ legacy lives on at UNLV, from artifacts and photographs in the Special Collections & Archives to the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering.
Expanding Access to Care Through the UNLV Community Clinic
The clinic provides care to the most underserved members of the Las Vegas community, all while offering critical learning experiences to Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV students.
Two UNLV Computer Scientists Earn Prestigious Early Career Research Awards
UNLV College of Engineering professors Chuck Tessler and John Businge each received highly coveted CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation to bolster their research programs.
Leading by Example: UNLV Football Great Hunkie Cooper
Recently honored as one of the nation’s top player development leaders, the Rebels’ assistant athletics director shares his thoughts on life, leadership, and setting up student-athletes for off-field success.
After years of building a career at a large accounting firm, Gloribert Roque-Melendez planned an early retirement. Guest lecturing at UNLV gave her an unexpected reason to change course.
8 Things Hotel Housekeeping Urges Guests to Never Touch in a Room
Checking into a hotel room feels like stepping into a fresh, sanitized space, especially with those crisp linens and the faint smell of cleaning products in the air. Yet housekeeping staff and microbiologists who have studied hotel rooms say that impression can be misleading.
Why are so many Senate battlegrounds running on out-of-state money?
Campaign fundraising in the 2026 Senate battlegrounds has become overwhelmingly nationalized, leaving most high-stakes candidates far more reliant on out-of-state donors than the voters they hope to represent.
At the heart of the School of Medicine's commitment to service is Jennifer Young, whose work continues to strengthen the bonds between the school and the community it serves.
Published: Ashby Boland, Lauren Reyes, Nicole Short
Ashby Boland, Lauren Reyes, and Nicole Short (all Psychology), along with colleagues from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and SAFE Austin, have published a manuscript titled “Temporal associations between nightmares and PTSD symptoms in the acute post-sexual assault period: An ecological momentary assessment…
April Ursula Fox (Education) proposed and moderated interdisciplinary faculty panel, "What is the Message? Punk Expressions in School and Community," at PunkCon 2026, a student-centered roundtable exploring education, identity, community, and student agency through punk-inspired perspectives. UNLV undergraduate panelists included Evelin Leyva…
Mayumi Ajioka (World Languages and Cultures) received a Laura Bassi Foundation Editorial Grant (Summer 2026) in support of her research on heritage language speakers’ motivation to learn and maintain their heritage language. The grant provides partial support for the preparation of a journal article manuscript for publication.
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