News: Division of Research
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Sociology doctoral student Nick Mac Murray studies activists working to change how America views and approaches the burials of their dearly departed.
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This Research & Creative Honors Program participant looked at learning theories to build a better school design.
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This Research & Creative Honors Program participant is as curious as he was in the third grade — only now he's an undergraduate researcher.
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This Research & Creative Honors Program participant found her research mission early in life and has been pursuing it ever since.
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Through interviews and writing, this Research & Creative Honors Program participant discovered how storytelling empowers marginalized groups.
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Hands-on experience to complement classroom learning helped this Research & Creative Honors Program participant understand — and love — biology even more.
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This Research & Creative Honors Program participant makes educating children about the diversity within the Latino community fun.
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This Research & Creative Honors Program participant sought to design a stadium that would better serve the community.
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UNLV faculty and students honored with Service-Learning, Community-Based Research, Faculty/Staff Outreach, and Student Service awards.
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Shekinah Hoffman leads a rigorous program for mentoring youth in under-resourced communities.
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The 43,000 square-foot “Black Fire Innovation” space will include replicated elements of a Caesars casino and resort to provide real-life conditions for product testing and a place for students to train to enter the workforce of the future.
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Two dense, city-sized stars collided in a galaxy far, far away; the resulting X-rays give UNLV’s Bing Zhang and international team of astronomers a new way to spot when it happens and a rare glimpse into how neutron stars form.