Articles by Jason Scavone
UNLV's Voice in the Statehouse
New Vice President of Government and Community Affairs Sabra Newby is ready to advocate for UNLV as a new legislative session dawns.
A Homecoming for UNLV's Virtual Commencement Host
Alumna and sports journalist Cassie Soto returns to UNLV-TV's studios to co-host Tuesday's ceremonies.
The Digital Infrastructure to Make UNLV Go
Office of information technology had a busy summer preparing for a remote campus this fall.
Silver State Silver Linings
As we near the end of our terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year, 2020 nonetheless allowed for new avenues of research and innovation. Here's what gives us a glimmer of hope for 2021 and beyond.
Silver Linings All Over Campus
Reasons for hope aren't just confined to UNLV's academic halls. Here are just a few places where 2020 inspired staff and students to find new paths forward.
Echoes of 1918
The last great pandemic has remarkable similarities to our own.
Capital Project Hinges on Legislative Session
College of Engineering expansion, on hold due to coronavirus-induced budget shortfalls, has a lifeline in February's meeting of the state legislature.
The Nexus of Sports, Research, and Community
UNLV's Sports Research and Innovation Initiative gives a home to the university's sports-related research — and is positioned as a crucial touchstone of a burgeoning sports mecca.
Transcending Isolation 23 Pixels at a Time
Alumnus Eric Whitacre's YouTube sensation Virtual Choir is the creative project that had been planning for the pandemic moment for 10 years.