• two police officers in uniform

    Nearly a year after they brought an end to the violence of Dec. 6, officers Damian Garcia and Nate Drum reflect on the relationships that make them part of this community.

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    Fortune ranks university’s master of science in cybersecurity #2 overall in 2025 list of top cybersecurity programs. 
     

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Campus News |

Critically injured professor Bot Rith shares his journey of recovery from the Dec. 6 campus shooting.

Virginia Weidenfeller (left) and Nikkie Preston.
People |

Meet two of the key members of the school of medicine development and alumni relations department.

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Arts and Culture |

An interview with the poet and multimedia artist. She visits UNLV on Nov. 13 as part of the Breakout Writers Series.

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Business and Community |

The program offers faculty and staff resources for legal, financial, or wellness concerns — and more — through ComPsych.

UNLV Experts In The News

K.N.P.R. News

It’s getting cold in Las Vegas, which is nice after that brutal summer. And for many people, reading a good book is the perfect thing to do when it’s this cold out. So today, four local authors and editors are with us to talk about their books, ones we think you really might be interested in.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Cashman Center never caught on as a premier Las Vegas destination. Located in the Cultural Corridor in Downtown Las Vegas, the 50-acre center, which includes a theater, warehouse showrooms and a field, is up for auction starting at $33.95 million.

Wallet Hub

Americans spend a lot of money on sports every year. Sports franchises in the U.S. bring in nearly $40 billion in yearly revenue, with money coming from ticket and merchandise sales, media rights, and sponsorship fees. Even with technology making major televised games accessible from anywhere, many serious fans still prefer live action — and the best seats in the house.

Micca House in Paradise Valley, Nevada
Arts and Culture |

Historic preservation group calls for action to sustain survival of 12 Silver State treasures.

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Business and Community |

The new partnership will develop career-readiness skills and financial literacy skills in youth.

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Arts and Culture |

The conversation will feature an exclusive behind-the-scenes introduction to the plan for Warner Bros. Studios Nevada.

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Business and Community |

A grant-funded project in Special Collections and Archives digitizes more than 800 at-risk video files.

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Arts and Culture |

This double bill of sister-themed one-act operas is conducted by Darryl Cooper.

Recent Accomplishments

Dale Melgaard (Film) received the Best Short Script award at the Milan Independent Awards Film Festival for The Phatman.
Danielle Mireles (Teaching and Learning) and Anna Acha (University of California, Riverside) recently published a co-authored chapter, "From compliance culture to liberatory access: reimagining disabled & deaf futurities on college campuses and beyond," in the Handbook of Race and Refusal in Higher Education: Like a Path in Tall…
Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine) presented a paper titled, “The advent of the fourth-generation multi-theory model of health behavior change in health promotion and nutrition research” at the 4th International Conference on Nutrition and Healthcare held Nov. 11-12, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand. The presentation was well…
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