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Honors College News

The Honors College is a selective college within the university that offers an enhanced undergraduate core experience for highly motivated students. We partner with the "discipline" colleges at UNLV where honors students pursue their academic majors.

Current Honors News

Spring flowers
Campus News |

The students and faculty of UNLV are springing into headlines around the country.

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Campus News |

The rosiest headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

A UNLV student studies with the Strip in the distance.
Campus News |

Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

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People |

Go-getter Charles Weber found academic and professional development opportunities through MGM scholarship program at UNLV.

Portrait of UNLV alumnus Zachary Billot
People |

With resilience and resolve, award adds to Billot's legacy as one of UNLV’s most academically decorated graduates.

A rear view of UNLV students, dressed in red caps and gowns, filtering into the Thomas & Mack Center with the stage in the background
Campus News |

An enduring UNLV end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

Honors In The News

Mother Jones

As if Elon Musk didn’t already have enough advantages, between his billions and his leverage over President Donald Trump, he appears to have another ace up his sleeve: the US Marshals Service.

Fox9

The single-engine turboprop plane that crashed into a house in Brooklyn Park on Saturday could have plummeted to the ground for a couple of reasons, including a structural issue or a medical emergency, a former commercial airline pilot said.

Smithsonian Air and Space Quarterly Magazine

Only two of the four large propellers were still turning as the Boeing B-17D slowly descended in the mid-afternoon. The Flying Fortress—now essentially a 35,000-pound glider—was on a course to land in the Pacific Ocean.

Simple Flying

Shopping has become almost synonymous with the airport experience as both airports and airlines try to make the most of passengers having hours of time to burn with little to do. Nowadays, most of the world's leading international airports offer a wide range of shopping options both landside and airside.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) held a rally Sunday afternoon to oppose reported efforts to take away the independence of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Around 100 demonstrators gathered at the intersection of Eastern and Sunset, holding signs and chanting "U.S. mail is not for sale."

KSNV-TV: News 3

As the world awaits potential revelations from the Kennedy files, John F. Kennedy's connections to Las Vegas remain a fascinating chapter in history.

Honors Experts

An economist studying microeconometrics, economics of food security, health economics, and urban economics        
An expert on commercial aviation, airport history, and travel.
An expert in Nevada, Civil War, and gaming history.
An expert in ethnic and national identities, geopolitics, and cross-border cooperation in Eastern Europe and the European Union. 

Recent Honors Accomplishments

Michael Chin (Honors College) published his new book, "Territories," a collection of linked short stories, through Serving House Books.
Dan Bubb (Honors College) and Todd Yeary (Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Control Specialist, Air Traffic Controller in Chicago) were invited to be on National Public Radio, Detroit to talk about air travel safety.
Assistant professor-in-residence Michael Chin (Honors College) published a work of creative non-fiction with Eunoia Review, titled "RUN-HIDE-FIGHT." The essay pairs reflections on his experience teaching at UNLV during the tragic events of Dec. 6, 2023, with experiences from his youth
Gillian Gottlieb (Honors College; Nursing) with Corrin Sullivan, Dale Netski, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) published an article, "Anxiety and Depression Among College Students in the Post-COVID-19 Phase," in the Journal of Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health. 
Gillian Gottlieb, Lisa Menegatos (Honors), Brenna Renn (Psychology), with Corrin Sullivan, Dale Netski and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) presented a poster of their study, "The Mental Health Impact Among College Students in the Post-COVID-19 Phase" at the Spring 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium held at UNLV.  Gottlieb is graduating this…
Michael Green (History; Honors) was elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society, based in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is a national research library and learned society founded in 1812.