News: UNLV Foundation
Donors are honored for their continuing support of the university and its programs.
Arlene Kageyama-Chikami hopes that the donation she made in her and her late husband's names will result in improved medical care and more physicians for Southern Nevada.
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Bradley Boe finds empowerment in a new scholarship for students with spinal cord injuries.
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The UNLV Medical School and its students have been among the beneficiaries.
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Triple-major Martha Amaya’s research explores the interactions between policing, public policy, and crowd science.
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Asking the right questions is critical in helping this "Data Diva" obtain the information she needs to assist UNLV, its alumni, and its friends.
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Real estate developer Mark Fine helps advance the UNLV School of Medicine.
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Seeing her dean get a pie in his face was part of her greatest day on campus.
University joins the ranks of just 130 institutions nationwide classified by Carnegie as “very high research activity” – or R1 – the gold standard for university research metrics.
Sometimes they find that by helping others, they also help themselves.
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Susan Lee Johnson will serve as first endowed chair in Liberal Arts; position will elevate history program to leader in the study of the Intermountain West.
Scholarship fuels research that could save communities from floods.