News: Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
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Longtime civil engineering faculty member David James takes a look back at how UNLV and Southern Nevada have changed over the last 30 years
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U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of top graduate and professional schools ranks 26 UNLV programs within nation’s top 100.
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After pandemic delays, about 50 students on Team Las Vegas gear up for UNLV's third showdown in the international Solar Decathlon sustainable homebuilding competition.
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New interdisciplinary degree looks at long-term solution to thwarting cybercrimes
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A collection of news stories from the new year highlighting the experts and events at UNLV.
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Great places are made of great people. Here are a few who made the news in 2020.
As the pandemic tightened its grip on Nevada, the nation, and the world, UNLV responded in ways big and small. Members of the media also turned to UNLV's faculty experts for answers.
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Alumnus Parker Hill learned the importance of diving right into any and all problems during Senior Design.
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Miles Buckner, who came to UNLV after 12 years in civil engineering, learned new tricks through Senior Design Competition.
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Alumna credits her involvement in a student organization with her current career in aeronautical engineering.
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UNLV alumna Brittany Radke applies lessons from UNLV's Senior Design competition in her work as an environmental engineer.
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Alumna Valentina Alayon says exploring her options at UNLV prepared her for a career in mechanical engineering.