A quick comment by a UNLV professor changed the course of her life. Now back at UNLV as new Lincy Institute director of education, Martinez hopes to influence the lives of Nevada's children through her policy research.

An Army and Navy veteran, nursing professor Bruce Leonard lived in many states before moving to Las Vegas. He came to UNLV on the advice of a current nursing professor.

UNLV's first graduate of the community health PhD returns to see through her work in creating a healthier community.

A childhood fascination with space exploration eventually led to a full-time role at NASA for a health physics professor.

The new dean of the Boyd Law School aims to build UNLV's reputation as a leader in gaming law.

The architecture professor talks about becoming part of the city’s creative class and learning to embrace messy mistakes.

The career coach reminds students that what they do well might not be what they want to do every day.

An off-handed comment created a new career path for the leader of UNLV's subject librarians team.

Pro bono work doesn't just happen in courtrooms. The new law professor is helping create a clinic to serve nonprofits and small businesses.

The rhetorical tradition gets Daniel Coyle jazzed but for fun, the soft-spoken Honors College development officer is a hardcore "Mudder."

The new architecture professor on Ducatis, desert living, and ignoring the boundaries between art and design.

Statistics professor looks for the connections between medicine and the innovative design of experiments.