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In This Issue
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A landmark gift is shaping the future of the Lee Business School. Learn about the family members behind the $15 million gift and their commitment to Southern Nevada.
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UNLV Neal Smatresk on how UNLV has worked for a more diversified economy, supported the downtown renaissance, and launched innovative educational programs.
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Cave deposits reveal 22,000 years of North American monsoon rainfall.
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The coach of UNLV's nationally ranked debate team offers a few pointers on making your point.
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Biology and Honors College graduate Emily Tamadonfar was the recipient of UNLV's 100,000th degree.
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Biology lecture leads to dramatic diagnosis for an ailing grandfather 1,300 miles away.
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When Jenny Pharr realized her father got substandard care simply because he was in a wheelchair, she found a new way to improve the system.
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Basketball coach Dave Rice talks about his return to his alma mater, the hardest game of every season, and the importance of his his father.
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New work explores race relations in the multicultural cauldron of the rural West.
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The uncertain future of the Las Vegas Art Museum collection now secure through new partnership with College of Fine Arts.
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No idea too big or small, Rebel entrepreneurs have more than business “plans.”
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Can’t put your finger on what’s wrong with that trendy new restaurant? Maybe the music they’ve piped is setting the wrong tone, according to alumnus Allen Klevens.
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Local artist and UNLV alumnus Troy Gillett created an inspiring art piece to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11.
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Why the Bigelow Physics Building has a swooping roofline and an apple tree.
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What have your fellow UNLV graduates been up to? Read about their latest accomplishments.