UNLV has a commencement tradition for the president to honor a few exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

Advice from Dr. Nora Vinh Svihl, School of Dental Medicine Alumna of the Year

Advice from Dr. Kate Martin, Honors College Alumna of the Year

Dr. Antonio “Tony” Alamo, 2016 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year

Advice from Amy L. Brock-Hon, College of Sciences Alumna of the Year

From experts in our astronomy department: Here's what you need to know about the rare celestial event that will take place May 9.

Super-Earths might have cleaned the inner regions of the solar system and then been swallowed by the sun.

Dr. Tony Alamo’s wildly varied career started with a simple realization: He’d misdiagnosed UNLV.

The student who directs the UNLV/CCSD Pollen Monitoring Program dishes on allergy relief tips, common misconceptions about pollen, and why technology can’t replace the human eye.

This Life Sciences professor is all about communities — from the bacterial ones she studies (yuck) to the UNLV community she is pleased to have joined.

An internationally recognized plant ecologist, Walker becomes the second consecutive UNLV professor to win the Nevada Regents' Researcher Award.

Geoscience professor Elisabeth (Libby) Hausrath honored for early career accomplishments; research focuses on geochemistry, chemical interactions and soil-forming processes on Mars.