Topic: people

Jerry Vallen
UNLV History | August 3, 2020

In a 2017 interview, Jerry Vallen, founding dean of the Hospitality College, looked back at the early days of the school.

woman
Research | September 7, 2018

Some students spent their summer lounging peacefully at the pool. Zantana Ephrem spent hers studying just war theory.  

Portrait of woman in esports jersey
People | March 7, 2018

8-bit Esports member Yzzi Ocampo on the challenges female gamers face and the community she found on UNLV's campus.

woman in gold dress
Arts and Culture | December 7, 2017

Museum director Alisha Kerlin is building a network of collaborators from disparate disciplines and inventing new ways to entice the community to campus.

woman with flute
Arts and Culture | November 14, 2017

Against all odds, doctoral student Dafne Guevara created Panama’s first flute festival to inspire others to achieve.

travel review website
Research | September 27, 2017

Sarah Tanford’s research through simulated online review sites demonstrates the impact consumer opinion can have on the service industry.

Scott Abella
Business and Community | August 4, 2016

UNLV professor Scott Abella on why national parks matter more than ever to everyone from foodies to Civil War historians to the average Joe sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic.