News: Office of Community Engagement
![Eshani Lee](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71338_006.jpg?itok=YNo4nz-Y)
Doctoral candidate Eshani Lee’s research ensures college chemistry knowledge doesn’t get lost in translation.
![Poet Heather Winterer reads selections from her book "The Two Standards" during the Black Mountain Institute Alumni Reading Series](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/BMI_D70796_31.jpg?itok=1PCBfbw1)
Writers will contribute to the cultural landscape at UNLV and the community.
![Yoohwan Kim](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/YoohwanKim.jpg?itok=QWZo0j5y)
New cybersecurity minor paving the way for a new bachelor's in the field — making UNLV one of just a few universities in the nation to offer such a program.
![J.J. Brennan in a UNLV cap](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/nc_D71547_01.jpg?itok=3uu-ETr0)
UNLV's oldest graduate finishes his degree after nearly seven decades.
Vladislav Zhitny, who came to Las Vegas from Ukraine in 2006, ends undergrad studies ready to become a member of UNLV School of Medicine's inaugural class.
![Fireworks ignite during commencement](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/2017_grad_D70274_84.jpg?itok=o0GAxb6E)
UNLV has a commencement tradition for the president to select and highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
![Jin Ouk Choi](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71443_008.jpg?itok=lu2nhiQ-)
This South Korean-born civil and environmental engineering professor has been to more U.S. cities than most Americans. In fact, it was a U.S. city that originally ignited his passion for his profession.
![RAD team members hold up giant check](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/nc_gov_cup.jpg?itok=8seZA0og)
Prizes totaling $55K in seed money go to three UNLV teams who bested over three dozen Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup competitors with health care, hospitality, and esports business ideas.
![closeup of a xylophone being played](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/nc_D65502_14.jpg?itok=jYVCKBLz)
This spring 2017 project is a collaboration between the School of Music, the departments of film and art, and Australian master marimba builder James Bailey.
![Oscar Goodman presents award to student Merissa Viviano](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71533_04.jpg?itok=S-EU0Plu)
Merissa Viviano captures prestigious award from LVCVA, and a toast from the Happiest Mayor on Earth
![senior Amber Turner and alumna Lisa Danielson](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71525_005.jpg?itok=XymCXUMO)
UNLV undergraduate and NASA intern Amber Turner shares her remarkable research journey, which may someday lead to human civilizations on other planets.
![A high school student explores a project](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/science_D71438_06.jpg?itok=3ldj3N0W)
UNLV mines its own grade books to ensure students aren’t weeded out of STEM classes.