News: Division of Research
![Kwang Jim Kim in research lab](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/01_D69897_14_Main_0_0.jpg?itok=5--b7OV3)
Kim, a leading expert in active materials and energy systems, recognized with annual award from Nevada Board of Regents at March 6 meeting.
![Janet Dufek](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/01_D69885_03_Main_0.jpg?itok=zXJ7LzYw)
Kids fall all the time, but bouncing back can be trickier when it happens in a hospital. Thanks to an internal grant, UNLV professor Janet Dufek has been able to collaborate with a leading children's hospital to tackle the issue.
![Todd E. Robinson](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/01_D69904_23_Main_0_0.jpg?itok=Fk1VvCyd)
History professor takes a look at how the civil-rights struggle played out in second-tier cities like Grand Rapids, Mich.
![Bryan Spangelo works in lab](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/01_D69783_08_Main_0.jpg?itok=O1Fa4cLh)
UNLV researcher patents a chemotherapy compound that uses a heavy metal derivative to improve cancer treatment.
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UNLV removing some of the stumbling blocks for getting students interested in the science and engineering fields. The key: Get 'em while they're young.
![child plays on playground during sunset](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/main_D66689_72_0_0.jpg?itok=zM9W2vaW)
The three-year project will increase number of practitioners working with children at risk for behavioral health issues.
![Satish Sharma](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/01_D69891_31_Main_0.jpg?itok=rLP-nN8u)
The social work professor's fourth and final book on the thinkers who shaped the world leader's pacifism and civil disobedience.
![George Rhee](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/01_D69340_04_Main_0.jpg?itok=hmRdNbX2)
Astronomy professor's book offers a history of cosmology and a primer on what's to come.
![Shahram Latifi](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/main_D69838_68_0.jpg?itok=xnNrQI2y)
Engineering professor Shahram Latifi draws on a breadth of knowledge to craft elegant solutions to problems fraught with complication.
![Fat cells in a normal fly](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/innovation-2014_0.jpg?itok=fkT0xMJZ)
An annual accounting of research and economic development activity over the last fiscal year.
![Portrait of Dr. Barbara Atkinson](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/33_Atkinson_D69700_11.jpg?itok=qjT86zER)
What will a medical school bring to UNLV research and discovery?
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UNLV English professor Richard Wiley offers insight into the inspiration and writing process for his newest novel.