News: Division of Research

Dr. Thomas Piechota portrait
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UNLV President, Dr. Len Jessup and Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Dr. Thomas Piechota welcomes UNLV Innovation readers to the Winter 2015 issue.

Penny Amy speaks to assistants
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Microbiology professor Penny Amy leads a formidable team in honeycomb warfare.

UNLV President Len Jessup, left, and Tesla Motors Vice President for Business Development Diarmuid O’Connell shake hands
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Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval joins leadership from Tesla, UNLV at university event Oct.7 to mark research collaboration.

Kwang Kim in research lab
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UNLV engineering professors team with researchers from Korea, Japan as part of grant-funded National Science Foundation international research program.

Marty Schiller
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UNLV personalized medicine researchers seeking patent on potential HIV cure. Their technique uses a plant protein widely used in agriculture industry.

Metal Rebel behind the wheel of Local Motors' 3D-printed LOCO vehicle
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Automotive education partnership will help drive the next generation of vehicle technology.

Cleveland Clinic building
Campus News |

Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and UNLV earn $11 million grant from National Institutes of Health to tackle Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

Insoles
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Amputation is a serious threat to people with diabetes. A team of UNLV faculty researchers, entrepreneurial students, and economic development experts is working to bring a better way to prevent the problem to market soon.

Aerial view of Greenspun Hall
Campus News |

UNLV, advisory firm Applied Analysis create public-private partnership to give university access to powerful real-time data analysis tool.

Ying Tian
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After seven firefighters died in a collapsed parking garage, engineering professor Ying Tian wanted to help design more resilient buildings. His research was shored up with seed money from a UNLV grant.

Elsabeth Hausrath
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Data from NASA’s Mars Exploration Program is helping Elisabeth Hausrath understand how soil and water might have once interacted on the surface of our solar system’s most-Earthlike neighbor.

Rebecca Gill looks through a library book shelf
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Political science professor Rebecca Gill is examining the ways we evaluate judge performance and how gender or racial bias influence the results.