Division of Research News
UNLV's Division of Research creates a campus environment that supports and promotes superior research, creative, and scholarly pursuits. This ensures that our students and faculty can recognize their full intellectual potential.
Current Research News
The associate vice president for research shares how she’s redefining the research infrastructure at UNLV, one grant and project at a time.
From growing the university’s research infrastructure to prioritizing personal passions, David Hatchett makes time to do it all.
UNLV is inspiring our students, fostering innovation, and transforming communities. Here in Nevada and around the world, Rebels Thrive.
The evidence is clear: UNLV's research protections director found her perfect role.
New structure aimed at improving compliance oversight and customer service.
Through UNLV's interdisciplinary research areas, faculty are cooking up solutions to large-scale problems impacting Las Vegas, the Southwest, and beyond.
Research In The News
Few technologies have pervaded the social conscience and disrupted industries as quickly as artificial intelligence, or AI, has. Far from a buzzword or a flash in the pan, AI has spread its tendrils to reach every nook and cranny of the tech world, including and perhaps especially gambling.
Millions of dollars in cash flow through Las Vegas casinos every day, making them ideal targets for money laundering schemes. Accordingly, the gaming industry is tightly regulated and closely monitored by both federal and state agencies to ensure that casinos are not used to launder illegitimate funds.
Focal Research Consultants announced today that the Focal team is working with Dr. Kasra Ghaharian and Dr. Piyush Puranik at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) International Gaming Institute on a collaborative program of research around continuous play. The results of this research will inform best practices for when and how responsible gambling interactions can be conducted in venues to better support players at risk of harm.
G&M News had an exclusive interview with the Director of Research of the International Gaming Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (United States). In the article, he reviews his academic and professional career, explains the role of investigations to create an impact on the gambling segment, and underlines large language models and generative AI as stimulating tools with lots of applications for operators and players alike.
Southern Nevada is finding a way to supplement the Las Vegas Valley water supply through the air. A UNLV professor and his students are able to collect water from the atmosphere in their research.
For visitors who use their own cars to get to Las Vegas or rent a car when they arrive, parking fees have become ubiquitous since MGM Resorts International began instituting them in 2016. Prices to park at major Strip resorts have since risen substantially, but there are both benefits and ways to work around them.
