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UNLV Newsmakers 2022: Issues and Impact

Dec. 30, 2022

The problems facing our world and how UNLV helped find solutions.

UNLV Newsmakers 2022: Student Success

Ph.D. engineering graduate George William Kajjumba is hooded during the Spring 2022 commencement ceremony

Dec. 28, 2022

Student achievements including competition wins, a science fellowship first, and new innovations splashed local and national news headlines in 2022.

UNLV Newsmakers 2022: Research

A laser beam emitting a blue light is projected into a diamond anvil cell

Dec. 27, 2022

Groundbreaking discovery was the norm for Rebel researchers in 2022. Here's a selection of our favorite news-making UNLV research highlights from the year.

A Scientific Solution to Feed a Hungry World

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Dec. 15, 2022

International student and biological sciences Ph.D. candidate Santiago Bataller places first in Rebel Grad Slam Competition.

Stand-Up Students: UNLV Celebrates Outstanding Winter 2022 Graduates

Dec. 14, 2022

Five UNLV graduates will be recognized by President Keith E. Whitfield during winter commencement for their combination of academic excellence and service to the community.

Deep-Space Discovery: Oddball Gamma-Ray Burst Forces Revision of Theoretical Framework

Dec. 7, 2022

A long-duration gamma-ray burst observed in late 2021 revealed signatures typically associated with short-duration bursts, forcing puzzled scientists to create a new model for the origin of this unique burst.

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Electrically charged stones found in Congo? Science says it’s not possible

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Experts say that while minerals within rocks can conduct electricity, rocks cannot store it or function as batteries on their own.

What's really driving up catalytic converter theft in Las Vegas?

A minuscule bit of material in you car's exhaust system is attracting thieves, causing big headaches and costing victims thousands in repair bills.

Posts falsely claim electrically-charged rocks found in Congo

As proof, social media users shared a video showing several people inspecting a small, shiny rock. One of the individuals connects two ends of what appears to be a wire to the rock, which activates a light on the wire. “Electrically charged stones discovered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” one Twitter user who shared the video wrote Saturday. The tweet was shared over 27,000 times.

Accomplishments

Published: Monika Neda, Jorge Reyes

Jan. 24, 2023

Monika Neda and Jorge Reyes (both Mathematical Sciences) co-authored a publication with colleagues Leo Rebholz (Clemson), Sean Ingimarson (Clemson), and An Vu (U of Houston) titled, "Improved long time accuracy for projection methods for Navier-Stokes equations using EMAC formulation," in the…

Published: Pejmon Sadri

Jan. 12, 2023

Pejmon Sadri (Mathematical Sciences) recently published a paper titled, "Lessons From Gathering of Crop Production Statistics in India: A Comparison of Methods Used Before and After the Bengal Famine of 1943 – 1944," in the Journal of Applied Statistics and Machine Learning.

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