Dr. Jeffrey Cummings, research professor and Director of the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience at UNLV, was presented with a medal from Erik Ramanathan, the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden, for his lifetime of work in Alzheimer’s research during a ceremony honoring the 10 previous winners of the Melvin R. Goodes Prize in Stockholm.  The Goodes…

  By Steven Slivka (Director of Communications, School of Integrated Health Sciences) Professors Jennifer Nash and Kara Radzak were honored with the School of Integrated Health Sciences’ Summer Fellowships for their efforts to revise, or in some cases, to create a new class supporting UNLV’s Top Tier 2.0 initiative. Nash, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, and…

By Steven Slivka (Director of Communications, School of Integrated Health Sciences) The UNLV Food Pantry is now able to bring more food to the campus community in need, thanks to a new van to assist with food rescue efforts. The van, created from a partnership between the UNLV Food Pantry, Three Square Food Bank and the Molasky family, will be used to pick up food from local grocery stores…

LAS VEGAS – Oct. 3, 2023 – UNLV received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to develop a student-driven, entrepreneurial learning experience that will boost student involvement in careers that assist Alzheimer’s patients through medicine, technology, and business. Throughout the five-year grant, participating students will engage in academic and career-focused…

By Steven Slivka (Director of Communications, School of Integrated Health Sciences) Dressed in all black while striding confidently across the stage in a pair of sparkling ruby red boots, Sharon Jalene was in her element speaking to thousands of new students and their families during UNLV Creates. Jalene, the Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs for the School of Integrated Health…