Topic: Research

Group of indigenous women
Research | August 7, 2017

Drawing on community partnerships developed with Yup’ik Eskimo villagers, a new book combines research with indigenous perspectives to create a comprehensive understanding of colonialism in Alaska.

Milton Bradley & Co. lithograph
Research | August 1, 2017

Research connects the material legacy of gambling in the Renaissance with contemporary board and card games.

Xiangning Chen holds a cigarette with smoke resembling a DNA strand
Research | July 20, 2017

Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine gene researchers clear the air on the link between schizophrenia and smoking.

child on a tablet device
Research | July 18, 2017

Benjamin Burroughs studies how new media industries channel children’s attention.

stethoscope
Research | July 13, 2017

The Mountain West Clinical Translational Research Infrastructure Network helps 13 universities support the faculty and research that will improve human health in seven states.

esports gaming arena
Research | July 11, 2017

Card players, sports bettors and pool hustlers used to be the only ones playing games professionally. Now esports joins the fray.

Nursing professor Jay Tan examining a person's mouth
Research | July 11, 2017

Nursing professor Jay Tan uses pharmacogenetics to unlock the medications and dosages that work for a patient's individual genetic makeup.

UNLV Office of Undergraduate Research's Becky Boulton, Nicole Thomas, and Liam Frink.
Research | July 7, 2017

The UNLV Office of Undergraduate Research’s new program immerses local high school students in the opportunities research at UNLV has to offer.

UNLV Libraries' Cory Lampert and Silvia Southwick
Research | June 29, 2017

A new research tool created by University Libraries helps the world discover more connections among the region’s Jewish community.

Kinesiology professor Brach Poston
Research | June 21, 2017

Brach Poston's research on electrical stimulation shows promise for Parkinson's patients.

Dustin and Rochelle Hines
Research | June 8, 2017

Husband-and-wife team Dustin and Rochelle Hines research brain cells in their quest for solutions to degenerative diseases and developmental disorders.