UNLV progresses toward its Top Tier goal, with its elevation to very high research status, as defined by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This elite category contains only 120 universities nationwide. UNLV is the first institution in Nevada to have attained this status.

UNLV’s recently completed Hospitality Hall was the site of the Young Chef and Commis Competition sponsored by the Ment’Or BKB Foundation, named for renowned chefs Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, and Jerome Bocuse. The competition featured young chefs from around the country, who competed in front of a live audience in Hospitality Hall’s demonstration kitchen. First place Young Chef winner was Ian Cairns of Yountville, CA, and the Young Commis winner was Amber Baden of Boston, MA. Both winners have the opportunity to travel to Lyon, France to support Team USA in its gold medal defense of the Bocuse d’Or Finale.

UNLV pediatric psychologist (and now Dean of the School of Allied Health) Ronald Brown has suggestions for parents concerned that their child might have attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). His insights, also published in U.S. News and World Reports, come from decades of working with families navigating ADHD diagnoses. According to Brown, the key to determining if a child has the disorder is the consistent demonstration of at least six specific traits for a minimum of six months both at home and in school that are causing a child to fall behind normal development for his or her age.

Battling back from a 23-point deficit, UNLV’s Rebels football team came roaring back to beat the University of Nevada, Reno 34-29. In addition the bragging rights, the winner of this hard-fought in-state rivalry game has the honor of painting the historical Fremont Cannon in its colors, turning the cannon from blue to scarlet.

Once again UNLV has been named one the nation’s best universities for veterans by Military Times magazine. The university ranked 33rd among four-year institutions in the publication’s 2019 “Best for Vets: Colleges” edition – up from 62nd last year. Military Times surveyed hundreds of colleges and pulled existing federal data to evaluate universities on culture, academic quality and outcomes, policies, student support and costs, and financial aid. UNLV has more than 1,850 active-duty, reserve or veteran military students on campus.