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In the News
Insider
In the event of nuclear war, the ultra-rich can hide away in their luxury bunkers that cost anywhere from $35,000 to $14 million. But what about the rest of us?
Zaijing Sun
Associate Professor of Health Physics
Spring has come and while temperatures are rising, the Las Vegas valley is seeing more pesky insects crawling and flying around.
Allen Gibbs
Professor of Life Sciences
According to the World Health Organization, Alzheimer's is one of our most debilitating diseases. It effectively erases who you are, insinuating itself at first with annoyance, then anger, then fright, and finally silence. It can take 20 years to play out, exhausting caregivers, family, and friends.
Accomplishments
Jun. 6, 2023
Grant: Advising Colleagues from Across Campus
The UNLV Academic Advising community was recently awarded a two-time grant from the Stupski Foundation to focus on wellness initiatives for academic advising professionals within NACADA Region 9 institutions. Two teams submitted a proposal that…
Apr. 18, 2023
Farhad Shokoohi (Mathematical Sciences) and colleagues A. Khalili, M. Asgharian, both of McGill University, and S. Lin (Ohio State University) co-authored an article titled "Sparse estimation in semi-parametric finite mixture of varying coefficient regression models". The paper introduces an…
Experts
Associate Vice President of Research
An expert in research infrastructure, electrochemistry, chemistry, and radiochemistry.
Lincy Associate Professor of Life Sciences
Nora Caberoy is an expert on eye diseases, specifically the factors and pathways associated with damage of the retina.
Professor of Life Sciences
An expert on mutagenesis, DNA repair, and bacterial genetics.