Zainub Cemetwala (Student Engagement & Diversity) co-authored an article titled The Intersectional Rabbit Hole: Undergraduate and Graduate Experiences of Students of Color with Disabilities in the  2018 NASPA Knowledge Community Publication. The article focuses on the college life experiences of students of color with…

Gabriele Wulf (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) received a Distinguished Scholar Award from the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. The award recognizes the outstanding achievement in her scientific career. It is given to individuals who have consistently contributed high-quality scholarship that has had an…

Casey Dakus (Fine Arts), Annie Lu, (Business), Schetema Nealy (Sciences), and Kaela Palmer (Liberal Arts) have been chosen to receive the spring 2018 Southwest Travel Awards. They were selected from almost 100 student applicants. Recipients of the awards receive a round-trip travel voucher from Southwest Airlines to allow them to travel…

Jennifer Keene (Liberal Arts) delivered the keynote address earlier this week at the American Association of Behavioral and Social Scientists conference. Her talk, "Rewards and Challenges of Community-Based Research," was based on her experience directing the Nevada Volunteerism Research Initiative, which is a community-based partnership between…

Bing Zhang (Physics and Astronomy) recently published a paper in the journal Nature Communications. The most important discovery in astronomy in 2017 was the groundbreaking discovery of a gravitational wave event GW170817 due to the merger of two neutron stars as well as its associated short GRB (gamma ray burst) 170817A and other…

UNLV Wrestling (Campus Recreational Services) placed fourth out of 11 teams this past weekend at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) regional championships in St. George, Utah. UNLV had two individual champions, Pleatheal Roberts and Jared Brathor. We have qualified five wrestlers Roberts, Brathor, Austin Holloman, Elias Edmonson…

The National Society of Minorities in Hospitality student chapter (Hospitality) was named Best Chapter of the Year at the society's annual conference earlier this month in Chicago. This year, the student organization raised enough funds to send 35 representatives to the conference.

Erin Cassin (Life Sciences) attended and presented her work at the Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM in Washington D.C., earlier this month. Her work is based on a collaborative project between the lab of professor Philippos Tsourkas and the lab of professor emeritus Penny Amy in the School of Life Sciences. Cassin, an undergraduate…

The UNLV Residence Hall Association (RHA) won the “Outstanding Advocacy Initiative” award from the Intermountain Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls (IACURH) at the association’s annual business conference held at Boise State University in Idaho earlier this month. RHA was recognized both for the organization’s response to…