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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

UNLV seasonal eggs
Campus News |

A collection of colorful headlines featuring UNLV staff and students.

three students work on science experiment
Campus News |

Event introduces young science enthusiasts to future career possibilities — and how UNLV can help get them there.

Kara Marinch stands next to a bookshelf that holds a collection of items from her travels
People |

This UNLV grad and Boyd Law School student is helping to revamp UNLV’s international experiences.

Spring flowers
Campus News |

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

spring flowers
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.

Honors In The News

The National News Desk

The Trump administration unveiled an ambitious plan to overhaul the country’s outdated air traffic control system through huge investments in technology upgrades and technology after a series of issues that have stirred safety fears and stalled flights.

AARP

Storing more than a century of American IDs, the program’s database is a go-to resource for cultural historians — and a source of inspiration for parents-to-be.

Newsweek

A video showing an airport worker appearing to pull a plane "on a leash" across a tarmac has gone viral on TikTok, sparking hilarious debate over the strange protocol.

The Peninsula

The Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) recently led a delegation to Las Vegas, Nevada, to gain a firsthand look at the city’s role within the U.S.-South Korea relationship and its influential network of Korean American community and business leaders. Across a range of sectors, from advanced manufacturing and clean technologies to creative industries and entertainment, the city of Las Vegas and southern Nevada more broadly offer great business incentives for Korean companies looking to expand in the United States.

Reader's Digest

The longest place name in the world is a mouthful—and we dare you to try to pronounce it.

Casino.org

Everyone’s heard of the Bermuda Triangle, that three-sided zone of terror where planes and ships go missing for no known reason in the Atlantic Ocean. Nevada has its own equally mythical place.

Honors Experts

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

Recent Honors Accomplishments

Michael Chin (Honors) published a piece of creative non-fiction titled “Phantom Pain” with Florida International University’s Gulf Stream Literary Magazine.
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…