News: Office of Executive Vice President and Provost
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Along with dedicated allies, Conrad Wilson succeeds in quest to extend educational assistance to dependents of classified staff.
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Inspirational artists, entertainers, educators, athletes, and students headline TEDxUNLV 2018, a daylong celebration of “ideas worth spreading."
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From sports to student success – it’s all in the numbers for the new vice provost for decision support.
Professor Fatma Nasoz earns 2018 Faculty/Staff Community Outreach Award for program providing computer coding opportunities to underserved female students.
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UNLV research administrators on creating an environment to connect faculty from different disciplines.
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TEDxUNLV returns to campus June 22 with its celebrated style of presenting, “Ideas worth spreading;” speaker nominations now being accepted.
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Neuroscientist Jefferson Kinney's work with Ruvo Center for Brain Health is improving patient care while expanding opportunities for UNLV student learning.
Some inspirational words from Rebels who've made it through another fall semester.
Museum director Alisha Kerlin is building a network of collaborators from disparate disciplines and inventing new ways to entice the community to campus.
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Amar brings program leadership and innovation from previous roles at Emory University and Boston College; she will begin Jan. 1.
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UNLV’s new Chief Diversity Officer Barbee Oakes on building cultural intelligence and opening the pipeline for advancement.
UNLV moves from second to a three-way tie for first in annual rankings for "Best Ethnic Diversity.”