Topic: sports and recreation

woman running in pool
Research | May 4, 2022

Kinesiology professor John Mercer turned a love of triathlons into a vector for research into wetsuit technology and underwater running.

UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team plays in the 2022 NCAA tournament
Research | March 29, 2022

UNLV sport and gender parity researcher Nancy Lough on four ways social media and technology are changing how female athletes, fans interact with each other, sponsors.

Allegiant Stadium and Las Vegas Strip
Business and Community | August 18, 2021

Las Vegas sport teams, venues to act as living lab for students in UNLV’s new sport management master’s degree program.

Flavia Saraiva partakes in artistic gymnastics at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
Research | July 23, 2021

Focus on what you’re trying to accomplish rather than what’s going on with your body, says UNLV kinesiology professor Gabriele Wulf.

A man bites down on a gold medal
People | July 22, 2021

Lee Business School Graduate Connor Fields defends his gold medal at the 2020 Summer Games.

Gabriele Wulf is pictured in a red sweater standing on a landing in the lobby of the Bigelow Health Sciences on UNLV's campus
Research | July 8, 2021

UNLV kinesiology professor Gabriele Wulf tells athletes to keep their eyes on the prize — not internal body movement — to achieve optimal performance during Tokyo 2020.

group of cheerleaders
Athletics | July 6, 2021

UNLV cheerleader graduates as a three-time national champion.

A woman in nursing scrubs holds a volleyball
People | May 19, 2021

Mountain West-winning volleyball player now all-in on nursing in her post-court life.

Vanessa McConnell sitting in a radio control booth
People | March 26, 2021

Nontraditional student Vanessa McConnell forging a path to bring diversity to sports broadcasting.