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    The Interview: Lori Porter

    UNLV’s first director of Interprofessional Education and Practice will play a critical role in developing the Academic Health Center.

Rebel Applause

Rebel Applause

Recognize a colleague for living our campus values.

From the News Center

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UNLV Newsmakers 2025: February

The rosiest headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

Physician Hired to Treat Lupus Sufferers Now Leading Critical Research

Dr. Winn Chatham and his team are forging ahead with their research, bolstered by the promise of more rheumatologists practicing in Southern Nevada thanks to the new fellowship program.

Voting Now Open for Second Annual Sphere XO Student Design Challenge

Public can vote daily to select four Las Vegas-based student winners to have their art featured on the venue’s exterior in celebration of Earth Day.

Accomplishments

Ann Vuong (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) coauthored a paper titled, “Gestational PBDE concentrations and executive function in adolescents with self- and caregiver-report: The HOME study," in the journal Environmental Research, along with researchers from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Rhode Island, Georgia and Canada. The paper studied the adverse…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) was invited by the Center for Taiwan Studies at the Univrsity of Texas at Austin to have a talk on March 3, titled "Willingness to Fight in Asymmetric Wars." In this talk, Wang explains the psychological mechanisms behind the willingness to fight, especially when the cost and risk are high. Wang…
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