News: Division of Research
![Vlad Zhitny, Biology major, looks into a microscope in a laboratory.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71451_021.jpg?itok=Z3VPC6iZ)
An annual accounting of research and economic development activity over the last fiscal year.
![Dr. Mary Croughan](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71577_017.jpg?itok=cpJgZck8)
UNLV President, Dr. Len Jessup and UNLV Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Dr. Mary Croughan welcomes UNLV Innovation readers to the Fall 2017 issue.
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New book on 19th century Mexican community proves a written tradition, previously assumed to have ended around the battle for independence, continued beyond.
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Step into the world of YES, where high school students meet team UNLV through project-based mentoring and a case-study analysis of the top industry right their backyards.
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Drawing on community partnerships developed with Yup’ik Eskimo villagers, a new book combines research with indigenous perspectives to create a comprehensive understanding of colonialism in Alaska.
![Xiangning Chen holds a cigarette with smoke resembling a DNA strand](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/nc_chen.jpg?itok=uK9L9oNF)
Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine gene researchers clear the air on the link between schizophrenia and smoking.
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The Mountain West Clinical Translational Research Infrastructure Network helps 13 universities support the faculty and research that will improve human health in seven states.
The UNLV Office of Undergraduate Research’s new program immerses local high school students in the opportunities research at UNLV has to offer.
![UNLV Libraries' Cory Lampert and Silvia Southwick](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71423_009.jpg?itok=hrAIufTe)
A new research tool created by University Libraries helps the world discover more connections among the region’s Jewish community.
![Kinesiology professor Brach Poston](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D70916_12%20copy%20reduced.jpg?itok=Xg1rIwaS)
Brach Poston's research on electrical stimulation shows promise for Parkinson's patients.
![Dustin and Rochelle Hines](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/nc_D70900_06.jpg?itok=_6mqiudf)
Husband-and-wife team Dustin and Rochelle Hines research brain cells in their quest for solutions to degenerative diseases and developmental disorders.
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First-of-its-kind Young Executive Scholars experience to enhance pipeline of homegrown hospitality talent in Las Vegas.