![magazine cover showing woman in scrubs and headline "The Proof of the UNLV Impact" surrounded by smaller detail shots](/sites/default/files/styles/300_width/public/media/image/2023-05/UNLV%20Magazine%20Spring%2023%20cover%20Small%20copy.jpg?itok=l44fX0Gp)
In This Issue
![person working at desk in library with cityscape in view behind him](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-05/Opener_D74573_001%20First%20Day%20Spring%2023.jpg?itok=13sp0Oba)
UNLV is emerging as a national leader in fostering the economic mobility of its graduates. For Southern Nevada, that means a healthier middle class.
![man standing by classic Chevy Blazer as sunset behinds him](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-05/D74744_001%20Rebel%20Ride.jpg?itok=NFnNPKXM)
UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield introduces "The Rebel Ride" — and offers a challenge to the campus community.
![man behind the wheel of a classic car with palm trees and sky in distance](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-05/Rebel%20Ride%20D74744_003%20_0.jpeg?itok=rdGXVl_H)
President Keith E. Whitfield turns his treasured classic car into a UNLV conversation-starter.
![toddlers on playground with trying to catch bubbles](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-05/UNLV%20CSUN%20Preschool%20D74004_068_0.jpeg?itok=dZoikTEM)
The UNLV/CSUN Preschool at the Lynn Bennett Center for Early Childhood Education is about to hit a big growth spurt.
![COE 303 Student textbook](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-04/tryagain.png?itok=qETVebxV)
COE 303 is a new course helping student veterans transition into academia and a normal life.
![Three students putting books into a box.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-03/d74691_002_books_for_the_unhoused_2.jpg?itok=n0CAuJn3)
Honors College students help local shelters to expand their libraries while learning more about housing insecurity issues prevalent in the U.S.
![recycling bin filled with paper and red UNLV letters](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-04/D74739_004_UNLV%20letters%20Earth%20Day.jpeg?itok=1nDkHYig)
The Sustainability Task Force is working to create UNLV's official climate action plan.
![troupe of male and female hip hop dancers performing](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-04/Rebel%20Girls%20%26%20Company%20D74637_011.jpg?itok=A-heliQe)
National champs Rebel Girls & Company changes the game for competitive collegiate dance teams.
![H. Jeremy Cho](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-02/d74571_016_jeremy_cho.jpg?itok=VDSc2dPY)
New UNLV research is using a resource hidden in plain sight, pulling water out of thin air through atmospheric water harvesting.
![radiological safety warning sign](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-03/d74093_015_radiological_safety.jpg?itok=ZntsaFL1)
UNLV School of Integrated Health Sciences professor Francis Cucinotta participates in research with implications to be felt from a doctor’s exam room to the nuclear energy industry.
Beyond being passionate about researching climate change and its environmental impacts — Marie-Odile Fortier is unobjectively enthusiastic about educating others on the complex topic.
Researchers say tracking methodology in Southern Nevada fungal outbreak provides blueprint for monitoring and responding to emerging global public health threat.
![artist conception of fast radio burst](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2022-03/FRB_Zhang2.jpg?itok=cUurCxbo)
International team of scientists reports a possible correlation between gravitational waves from neutron star mergers and fast radio bursts; results could improve understanding of how some deep-space bursts occur.
![nutrition facts sign at food pantry](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-04/D73827_002%20Food%20Pantry%20Opening%20.jpeg?itok=VhB226pB)
Food Pantry, Nutrition Center cook up unique educational collaborations.
![woman hidden behind bush holds book](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-04/Elise_Pearlstine_2000x1333.jpeg?itok=6CAhm1Qy)
Elise Pearlstine — wildlife biologist, perfumer, author, alumna — discusses the complex and storied relationship between humans and fragrant plants in her newest book.
![collage of woman working in lab with images of wires and timestamps](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-03/elizabeth_donley_the_second_2.jpeg?itok=GF4rWiOw)
Physicist Elizabeth Donley tackles the challenge of precisely redefining the second.
![picture of building exterior](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-03/Learning_Garden_D70878_04_2000x1333.jpeg?itok=IwFj2Kn2)
Marge and Bill Speer’s love and dedication to each other and the university has been commemorated in what once was their favorite spot on campus.
Honoring the members of the UNLV community who've recently passed away.