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In This Issue
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Anthropologist Alyssa Crittenden ventures into the African bush to study how humans learned to cooperate.
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To discover what's happening with the bighorn sheep population, David Choate must track cougars in the National Desert Wildlife Refuge.
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When a trauma mangles a patient's face, Dr. Daniel Orr steps in for the often intense work of reconstruction.
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Rotting food, old toilets, and remnants of residence hall move-out are treasures to Tara Pike-Nordstrom.
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UNLV President Neal Smatresk on legislative priorities and the university's budget.
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College once seemed so unobtainable to academic advisor John Starkey. He'll share his inspiring story of rising from poverty with incoming freshmen this week.
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UNLV becomes permanent home for sculptures from the St. Jude Hearts of Las Vegas project.
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New work examines the aftermath of student protests of educational inequities in Los Angeles schools.
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Does the thought of an algebra test strike fear in you? Psychologist Mark Ashcraft is getting to the root cause of math anxiety.
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When a local businessman stumbled upon a new design for whiskey glasses, he turned to experts in the chemistry department for an explanation.
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To perform like an Olympian, you have to think like one. Kinesiology professor Gabriele Wulf explains how to change your thoughts to boost your results.
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A new species of scorpions nearly squirmed past a couple of UNLV graduate students. The story behind the Death Valley arthropod's discovery.
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"Gatsby" just won an Oscar for best costumes thanks in part to fashion historian Deirdre Clemente. She was a consultant on the movie's costumes. Here's her thoughts on the traditional rules of fashion, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and dressing your age in Las Vegas.
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Former UNLV roommates liked the Capriotti's restaurant chain so much they bought the company and doubled its size.
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Alumna Daliah (Zodieru) Wachs expands her practice to thousands through satellite radio call-in show.
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The former vice president's contributions included creating UNLV's alumni relations program and raising funds for campus projects.
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After giving up baseball, alumnus Chad Belding builds an outdoor media company around ducks and dogs.
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Tony Sanchez, ’88 BA Political Science, receives association's top honors.
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Carefully preserved in UNLV's Wes Niles Herbarium is the history of Southern Nevada through its plants.
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What have your fellow UNLV graduates been up to? Read about their latest accomplishments.