Magazine cover featuring The House UNLV Built story

UNLV Magazine

Fall 2013
Volume 21 Issue 2

In This Issue

Inside of a smart desert home with furniture of a tv, couch, lamp, kitchen
The Solar Decathlon team shows the world how to build a smart desert home.
Dr. Neal Smatresk leaning against a pole rail
In his UNLV Magazine column, President Neal Smatresk explains why Nevada needs UNLV to take its place among the nation's top universities.
A man sitting down at a table, talking with a woman.
UNLV partnership with Las Vegas Natural History Museum turns professors and students into live exhibit.
Three magazines stacked on top of each other
Award-winning documentaries shed light on the weighty issues in economic justice and our legal system. Watch the films and join the conversation.
The front view of the Student Wellness Center
University one of only 30 nationwide to earn ‘seal of approval’ from Jed Foundation, a national non-profit that advocates suicide prevention among college students.
A man wearing a white hat and red polo shirt
Nice-guy coach Dwaine Knight grooms his young Rebel team while watching former players tear it up on the PGA Tour.
A woman in a black blouse smiling.
The interim athletics director on her long history with the Rebels, making budget cuts, and being the first alumna in the job.
A man in a blue shirt and jeans putting their hand on a white short wall
The many occupations of alumnus H. Lee Barnes provide fodder for the award-winning books he writes. His latest takes us into the casino culture.
A man with glasses wearing a light gray patterned polo shirt
UNLV physicist Yusheng Zhao earns federal grant to create a more stable, higher performing lithium-ion battery.
Two people looking at a variety of hot sauces on a table
Researchers find elevated lead levels in some hot sauces imported from Mexico; urge enforceable screening standards.
Alumna Alissa Nutting holding a microphone
Alumna Alissa Nutting made headlines this summer with her controversial and acclaimed first novel. She'll read from the book about a beautiful teacher who preys on her young male students at this weekend's book festival.
Three people talking at a lounge area
This fall’s freshman class is the biggest, smartest class to date. Here’s how new strategies kept Nevada’s brightest in state and opened the eyes of first-gen college students to the opportunity at their doorstep.
A woman in a dress on stage
Honors College student Aeriel Halstead explains why students like her choose UNLV to the university's top supporters.
A woman wearing protective googles and holding on vials
UNLV leads regional 13-university partnership, with University of Nevada School of Medicine, to put clinical health research into practice.
Airplane hanging in building lobby
The replica plane is a sign of the lasting legacy Howard Hughes had on UNLV's College of Engineering.
Silhouettes of people in graduation cap and gown
Our 2013 Alumni of the Year honorees offer their advice on a slew of life’s challenges.
U-N-L-V sign
Alumni Association announces recipients of its Alumni of the Year, Outstanding Faculty Awards. Fred Albrecht receives top honors.
A notebook with white letters of U.N.L.V.
What have your fellow UNLV graduates been up to? Read about their latest accomplishments.