From the Silk Road to the Strip, this assistant professor has made a journey of the mind and soul — using the pursuit of happiness as her guide.

Following careers in the medical field, she fell in love with numbers, eventually leading to her current job as business manager for UNLV police services.

Originally from Oakland, California, this Lee Business School staff member embraced Las Vegas when he made the move to attend UNLV. Now his beloved Oakland Raiders are making the same journey and he has mixed feelings about that transition.

This budget analyst was surprised and pleased to discover that at UNLV it's not only the students who have Rebel pride.

This chair of the English department finds the diversity of UNLV a good match for his interest in multi-ethnic literature.

Building community connections is a focus of this new underwriting director for KUNV Radio.

The UNLV National Supercomputing Institute’s latest hire will help researchers leverage the tremendous capabilities of the Cherry Creek II.

This administrative assistant at the UNLV Foundation wouldn’t mind switching careers — if she could perform with Cirque du Soleil.

This South Korean-born civil and environmental engineering professor has been to more U.S. cities than most Americans. In fact, it was a U.S. city that originally ignited his passion for his profession.

This economic geologist talks about being in a state where the mining industry thrives and about the difficulty of getting his 6-foot 4-inch frame into a running helicopter on rough ground.

This academic advisor says a key to success is to realize that success is something you can't achieve by yourself.