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In This Issue
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UNLV, The Lincy Institute, and Brookings Mountain West are teaming up to address the human capital, economic diversification, and hard infrastructure challenges of our region.
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UNLV President Neal Smatresk on the entrepreneurial, innovative, and unconventional spirit of the community and its flagship university.
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UNLV's Division of Educational Outreach offers intellectually stimulating programs for people over 50 who want to stay active and keep their minds sharp.
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Research explores the natural attraction that kids with autism have for computers.
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Small-town life during the rise and fall of Southern Nevada's mining industry is chronicled through rarely seen newspaper clippings, photos, and letters in a digital library collection, Southern Nevada: The Boomtown Years 1900-1925.
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UNLV, Alumni Association reward elementary students through Adopt-A-School program.
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Top UNLV Football players, Omar Clayton and Ryan Wolfe, talk about how they handle pressure and a devastating loss last season.
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Like religion, sociologist Michael Ian Borer says, baseball and Fenway Park give Bostonians something larger than themselves to believe in, "something that transcends the here and now."
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Tiny quagga mussels are clogging water pipelines, attaching to boats and lake structures, and causing big problems at Lake Mead.
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Volcanologist’s career, UNLV programs develop as nuclear waste repository battle drug out.
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When the Thompson brothers team up with dozens of alums to bring a Norse god to theaters.
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After UNLV's first building had long outlived its usefulness, it was torn down. But its historical significance was preserved as a memorial to the university's most influential supporters.
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Success of First International Campus Key to Creating a Network of International Campuses
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Program will Provide Advanced Training, Internships and Research Opportunities for UNLV Students
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Facilities Management Team Takes First, Second Place for Recent Work at Annual SNWA Competition
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UNLV Homecoming Dinner to Recognize Thalia Dondero With Silver State Award
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Key Economic Outcomes Found to Be Consistent with General Economic Trends
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What have your fellow UNLV graduates been up to? Read about their latest accomplishments.