Research
| January 16, 2015
$1.4 Million Grant to Expand Clinical Social Work Education & Research
The three-year project will increase number of practitioners working with children at risk for behavioral health issues.
Topic: Research
Research
| January 16, 2015
Books: 'Gandhi's Teachers: Henry David Thoreau' by Satish Sharma
The social work professor's fourth and final book on the thinkers who shaped the world leader's pacifism and civil disobedience.
Research
| January 16, 2015
Books: Cosmic Dawn by George Rhee
Astronomy professor's book offers a history of cosmology and a primer on what's to come.
Research
| January 14, 2015
Array of Accomplishment
Engineering professor Shahram Latifi draws on a breadth of knowledge to craft elegant solutions to problems fraught with complication.
Research
| December 1, 2014
A Physics Professor on Global Climate Change
Michael Pravica discusses the science and politics behind climate change.
Research
| November 4, 2014
Would Internet Access Turn You Into a Problem Gambler?
New study finds no causal relationship between Internet use and problem gambling.
Research
| November 1, 2014
Cultivating Research
Call it watering the green spots. UNLV’s Faculty Opportunity Awards program provides seed funding for faculty researchers with promising ideas and a desire to pursue additional funding from government agencies, foundations, or private industry. The program has supported a wide variety of campus research projects involving multidisciplinary teams, single investigators, and other faculty working to develop intellectual property.
Research
| November 1, 2014
Paths to Innovation
For more than 30 years, U.S. universities have had the right to commercialize discoveries made through faculty research funded by the federal government. For a time, few universities made much of the opportunity. But today, as funding support for higher education is increasingly imperiled, marketing great ideas has never been more popular --- or more crucial. Three UNLV projects show how research benefits the university, the business community, and you.
Research
| November 1, 2014
Research Briefs: Winter 2014
Supercomputing on campus; cosmic radiation and a mission to Mars; a grant to help at-risk kids; Bluetooth boosts blood-flow sensing; high marks for grad programs; a plentiful mineral from space; hard-to-find soft fossils; climate challenges; the public weighs in on drones; and preserving Nevada’s old newspapers.
Research
| November 1, 2014
2014 Annual Report on UNLV Research Activity
An annual accounting of research and economic development activity over the last fiscal year.
Research
| November 1, 2014
Research in Print: Winter 2014
Faculty authors explore our place in the universe, Gandhi and his mentors, a small city’s civil rights struggle, and more.
Research
| November 1, 2014
Research as Remedy
During the past decade, UNLV’s Schools of Allied Health Sciences and Nursing have expanded their research programs and boosted collaboration among faculty investigators in support of the university’s vision of becoming a major research institution. The following profiles demonstrate the diversity and depth of the two schools’ research projects.