Articles by UNLV News Center
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New VP for Finance Is Ready to Tackle the Workday
Jean Vock, fresh to UNLV from the University of Arizona, breaks down the new system that will serve as point-of-contact for purchasing, invoices and human resources.
The Future of Teaching in Clark County — and the Nation
As the rest of the country becomes as diverse as Las Vegas, UNLV is creating better-than-best practices for our next generation of kids.
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Mock Trial Team is the Court Before the Storm
Mentored by practicing legal professionals, undergraduate students in the mock trial team are already learning what it takes to become a trial lawyer.
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Sex Toys and Social Entrepreneurship: The Future is Feminist
Professor Lynn Comella on the adult store industry, a highly profitable segment of popular culture that scholars and policymakers know surprisingly little about.
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The Future of Storytelling
UNLV architecture students imagine a different approach to the way museums curate our shared cultural experiences.
How Far Has UNLV Research Come?
UNLV research efforts have consistently grown over its 60-year life span, setting us on track to someday becoming one of the premier research universities in the nation.
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Our Future
We're celebrating UNLV's 60th anniversary with a full lineup of events and special coverage this year. These essays explore the future of UNLV and our impact in Southern Nevada and the world.
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The Unpredictable Future of UNLV
As both a graduate and a history professor, Michael Green has watched UNLV’s growth with some awe. It’s future, he says, will be all the more astonishing.
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New Patent Covers ‘Explosive’ Subject
UNLV engineer Robert Schill takes the guesswork out of deactivating explosive devices.