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In This Issue
![Inside of a smart desert home with furniture of a tv, couch, lamp, kitchen](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D69388_083_0.jpg?itok=n5ZAIjaa)
The Solar Decathlon team shows the world how to build a smart desert home.
![Dr. Neal Smatresk leaning against a pole rail](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Smatresk_D67147_39main_0.jpg?itok=evvzE4eJ)
In his UNLV Magazine column, President Neal Smatresk explains why Nevada needs UNLV to take its place among the nation's top universities.
![A man sitting down at a table, talking with a woman.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D69318_20main_0.jpg?itok=13hrWk44)
UNLV partnership with Las Vegas Natural History Museum turns professors and students into live exhibit.
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Award-winning documentaries shed light on the weighty issues in economic justice and our legal system. Watch the films and join the conversation.
![The front view of the Student Wellness Center](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/main_D67641_29_0.jpg?itok=toxfOLnx)
University one of only 30 nationwide to earn ‘seal of approval’ from Jed Foundation, a national non-profit that advocates suicide prevention among college students.
![A man wearing a white hat and red polo shirt](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/knightD69336_05main_1_0.jpg?itok=PT8nww4u)
Nice-guy coach Dwaine Knight grooms his young Rebel team while watching former players tear it up on the PGA Tour.
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The interim athletics director on her long history with the Rebels, making budget cuts, and being the first alumna in the job.
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The many occupations of alumnus H. Lee Barnes provide fodder for the award-winning books he writes. His latest takes us into the casino culture.
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UNLV physicist Yusheng Zhao earns federal grant to create a more stable, higher performing lithium-ion battery.
![Two people looking at a variety of hot sauces on a table](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D69066_06_Main_0.jpg?itok=DJvPejsH)
Researchers find elevated lead levels in some hot sauces imported from Mexico; urge enforceable screening standards.
Alumna Alissa Nutting made headlines this summer with her controversial and acclaimed first novel. She'll read from the book about a beautiful teacher who preys on her young male students at this weekend's book festival.
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This fall’s freshman class is the biggest, smartest class to date. Here’s how new strategies kept Nevada’s brightest in state and opened the eyes of first-gen college students to the opportunity at their doorstep.
Honors College student Aeriel Halstead explains why students like her choose UNLV to the university's top supporters.
![A woman wearing protective googles and holding on vials](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/D68824_63main_0.jpg?itok=ZwVL87Pj)
UNLV leads regional 13-university partnership, with University of Nevada School of Medicine, to put clinical health research into practice.
![Airplane hanging in building lobby](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/h1_racer-D71883_050.jpg?itok=eoi8YiGC)
The replica plane is a sign of the lasting legacy Howard Hughes had on UNLV's College of Engineering.
![Silhouettes of people in graduation cap and gown](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/main_D66791_013_0.jpg?itok=6aKprEAZ)
Our 2013 Alumni of the Year honorees offer their advice on a slew of life’s challenges.
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Alumni Association announces recipients of its Alumni of the Year, Outstanding Faculty Awards. Fred Albrecht receives top honors.
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What have your fellow UNLV graduates been up to? Read about their latest accomplishments.