Topic: Research

Silhouette of businesswoman with briefcase standing in doorway
Research | May 11, 2018

A first-of-its-kind book provides faculty with tools to help students understand — and maybe even surmount — threshold concepts.

A portrait of Bo Bernhard
Research | May 10, 2018

Vegas native Bo Bernhard’s research on the city’s top industry, hospitality and gaming, informs billion-dollar business decisions around the world and closer to home.

Breanna Boppre
Research | May 8, 2018

Boppre channeled her childhood experience into a lifelong goal of bringing changes to the incarceration system in order to help people rebuild their lives.

Portrait Michael Schwob
Research | May 3, 2018

Stepping into the world of research helped one student choose a career, make new friends, and get a head start on the future.

Portrait Hannah Patenaude
Research | April 23, 2018

Nevada undergraduate research journal offers UNLV students the opportunity to promote their research and boost their resumes.

Portrait Marta Meana
Research | April 20, 2018

Honors College Dean Marta Meana’s research dispels stereotypes surrounding women’s sexuality and changes the way doctors treat patients.

two women outdoors
Research | March 20, 2018

In her new book, an expert in the nation’s top legal writing program explores how cognitive science and rhetorical theory work together to convince us of what to believe.

Fruit flies in a plexiglass container.
Research | March 15, 2018

UNLV biologist finds nearly 400 genes potentially associated with obesity and other health problems in fruit flies.

UNLV geoscientist Eugene Smith
Research | March 13, 2018

How a vacation in South Africa, a one-of-its-kind UNLV lab, and pieces of volcanic glass smaller than a grain of salt changed a long-held view of human history.