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
With resilience and resolve, award adds to Billot's legacy as one of UNLV’s most academically decorated graduates.
An enduring UNLV end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
Students discover how aviation gave wings to the American West.
This month’s frosty headlines and highlights from the students and faculty of UNLV.
As plans for a permanent memorial garden take shape, community-driven projects offer a way for students and faculty to reckon with loss.
UNLV math sciences professor Satish Bhatnagar will be honored for his half-century of contributions to the university during the annual Faculty Length of Service Program.
Honors In The News
A Las Vegas gaming company with connections spanning from Hawaii to New Jersey celebrates its 50th anniversary of opening of a downtown casino.
As new details emerge regarding the crash of an AZAL aircraft, experts are increasingly describing the crew as heroes. The pilots and flight attendants worked tirelessly until the very last moment to save lives.
Just two months after turning 100 years old, former President of the United States Jimmy Carter has died. He was in hospice care for nearly two years at his home in Plains, Georgia.
A 2015 Time analysis of 35 years of FAA data found back-third seats had a 32% fatality rate, compared to 39% in the middle third and 38% in the front third. Middle seats in the back were the safest overall, with just a 28% fatality rate. However, survival often depends on the unique circumstances of an incident, and air travel remains one of the safest modes of transportation.
When Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 took off from Baku on Christmas Day, it was struck mid-flight by a suspected surface-to-air missile, causing catastrophic damage and disabling the Embraer 190 jet's hydraulic systems.
In 1875, when Nevada was still in its infancy as a state, the seventh session of the Legislature created a fund to pay legislators, prohibited people who hadn’t received a medical education from practicing medicine and banned camels from public roads.
