Topic: community partnerships
All News
The Future is the American City-State
With partisan gridlock at the higher levels, cities like Las Vegas will be the new leaders in innovative government.

Lee Business School Receives $4 Million to Expand Center for Entrepreneurship
Center to be Renamed Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

In Wake of Shooting, Campus Sprung into Action
From Police Services to workers at the Thomas & Mack, to students and counselors, UNLV was a front-line safe haven for victims and survivors.
Coping Through Crisis
University counseling experts step up to offer emotional support after the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
UNLV Journalism Mobilizes After the Shooting
Students, faculty, and graduates quickly gather unique accounts of the Las Vegas Strip shooting.

Mock Trial Team is the Court Before the Storm
Mentored by practicing legal professionals, undergraduate students in the mock trial team are already learning what it takes to become a trial lawyer.

Agencies Come Together to Address Substance Use, Addictions at Inaugural Summit Sept. 29
Southern Nevada Substance Use & Behavioral Health Summit brings mental health, criminal justice professionals together to educate and collaborate on critical public health issues.
Engineering a Mean Fastball
UNLV College of Engineering teams up with a baseball-loving 7-year-old to raise awareness for a rare condition. Here's how you can be part of the team for other kids who need "Robohands."

Hospitality CEOs in the Making
Step into the world of YES, where high school students meet team UNLV through project-based mentoring and a case-study analysis of the top industry right their backyards.

UNLV Sets Campus Fundraising Record with $93 Million Year
Highlights include $25 million gift for UNLV medical school and record year for athletics fundraising; UNLV has raised $243 million in past three years.

Joining Forces for Our Health
The Mountain West Clinical Translational Research Infrastructure Network helps 13 universities support the faculty and research that will improve human health in seven states.
Getting Ahead of the Curve
The UNLV Office of Undergraduate Research’s new program immerses local high school students in the opportunities research at UNLV has to offer.

Closing the Degrees of Separation
A new research tool created by University Libraries helps the world discover more connections among the region’s Jewish community.
UNLV Receives $1 Million Gift to Create Endowed Chair in History
Jon Huntsman Sr. gift honors Sen. Harry Reid and will help position UNLV history department as leader in study of the Intermountain West.

Rebels Research for a Cause
Sociology-based program connects students to community issues and social justice causes.

Hospitality from a Different Perspective
UNLV students help find the friendliest facilities for the travelers with mobility limitations in Las Vegas.

The Memory Keeper
Oral historian Claytee White has spent a career recording Las Vegans’ personal histories. Now she speaks about her own remarkable roots.

Saving Tribal Heritage By Planting Roots
Native American master's student Ka-Voka Jackson is working to protect the environment and preserve her Hualapai culture.