News: Office of Community Engagement
![Shahram Latifi](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/latifi_D69901_33.jpg?itok=Ny5JnydL)
UNLV researcher pioneers new applications for quick, efficient and secure data management.
![researchers test drone](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/skydancer_D71074_009.jpg?itok=LQhlo0er)
UNLV engineering faculty and students turned to the entertainment arena to carve out their unique research niche.
![media filing center inside the Cox Pavilion during the 2016 Presidential Debate](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/nc_D71190_237.jpg?itok=VTtABLKX)
The Oct. 19 debate at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center was the third most watched in history, attracting more than 71 million television viewers.
![health workers and clients](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/nc_D71238_11.jpg?itok=cS79JlO5)
The first-of-its-kind program in Nevada is aimed at helping patients overcome the hurdles to receiving care.
![Paulo Pinheiro](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Pinheiro_D71262_046_0.jpg?itok=k_5n0-TI)
Survival rate stands nearly 5 percent below the national average for Southern Nevadans and is especially low for state's black and Filipina women.
![Signage with the UNLV logo on campus](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D67387_23-1.jpg?itok=xpnpPNtd)
The federal DACA program was introduced in 2012 and provides opportunities for students to become educated in their fields of studies and contribute to their communities and economies.
![thanksgiving scene](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Friendsgiving.jpg?itok=93O4Unp3)
Honors College students come together for a little food, a little friendship to celebrate Thanksgiving.
![virtual anatomy table](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71225_031.jpg?itok=i_8GpnyE)
UNLV's new School of Medicine takes innovative approach to teaching human anatomy with interactive imaging technology.
![Vu Tran speaks](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Tran_D70452_41.jpg?itok=KKIOByjF)
Black Mountain Institute's next event explores open conversation and divergent views. Join the conversation Nov. 21.
![An illustration of a newspaper cover featuring the Hiroshima bombing](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/DoomTownsMain_0.jpg?itok=SrBRwQHc)
UNLV professor Andy Kirk's "Doom Towns" takes a ground-level view of ground zero, and presents it in the form of graphic novel about Las Vegas' position in the atomic firmament.
![Linda Ronstadt and Ray Suarez](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/wc.barrick.ronstadt.suarez.jpg?itok=yMNb35Z5)
Ronstadt, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, will be interviewed by noted journalist Ray Suarez; tickets are free.
![Harrah Hotel College alumni](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Muirs_Friends.jpg?itok=wROH43YE)
A group of Hotel Administration grads share tales of how they turned moxie into magic.