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Southern Nevada researchers say using AI can help communities stay one step ahead of viruses

As industries across sectors explore the potential of artificial intelligence, researchers are transforming wastewater monitoring into sophisticated digital detective work. UNLV, in collaboration with the ...

UNLV researchers tackling nuclear waste crisis by transforming danger into energy

UNLV researchers are on the cutting edge of techniques that can reduce the amount of waste left over from the process of creating nuclear fuel ...

UNLV coach's humility aside, record of achievement is reason for optimism

When UNLV football coach Dan Mullen discovered he’d been ranked No. 14 among the best college coaches of the past two decades, his reaction was ...

Mountain West Conference pauses expansion as it negotiates media deals

Five schools will leave the Mountain West for the Pac-12 Conference next year — Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State and Utah ...

Championship rematch brewing as Boise State, UNLV top Mountain West poll

The UNLV football team appears poised for another shot at the Mountain West championship, setting up a potential rematch with familiar foe Boise State ...

‘Linsanity’ lit the spark, and Myles Che hopes to turn it into a blaze at UNLV

Che, who is Taiwanese American, transferred to UNLV from UC Irvine, where he led the program to the Big West championship. He’s believed to be ...

Legislative green light signals go time for campus improvements at Nevada universities

The university is using part of a $6.2 million state appropriation to continue planning and design for a new Lee Business School building at Maryland ...

Lombardo veto stirs anger among those touched by deadly UNLV campus shooting

Students and staff affected by the 2023 on-campus shooting at UNLV that killed three professors and injured another are criticizing Gov. Joe Lombardo’s veto last ...

UNLV team meets vaccine hesitancy where it breeds: On social media

When Joanna Joseph’s parents immigrated to Nevada, they faced challenges including learning English, finding employment and understanding Nevada’s immunization system for ...

Driven by family sacrifice, UNLV senior makes her mark, graduates with high honors

When UNLV senior Kiarra Osotio received notification last week that she would be honored as an outstanding graduate, her entire family was moved to tears.

UNLV educator at the forefront in fight to cure Alzheimer’s disease

UNLV has also won an award from the National Institute on Aging to create an Alzheimer’s Innovation Incubator, which Cummings said will ...

UNLV international students' legal status restored by Trump administration

All seven UNLV international students who were affected by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown had their legal status restored in a federal database ...

Chris Heavey gets promotion to UNLV interim president

UNLV executive vice president and provost Chris Heavey will serve as the school’s interim president, The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents announced ...

UNLV school of medicine names interim dean as head takes new role

Dr. Alison Netski has been appointed as interim dean of the UNLV Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, a move announced this morning by ...

Former Rebel returns home: Justin Hawkins joins Pastner's UNLV staff

Former UNLV basketball player Justin Hawkins is returning to his alma mater as part of head coach Josh Pastner’s first coaching staff.

UNLV basketball adds guard from Texas-Rio Grande Valley

Howard Fleming Jr., a 6-foot-5 guard from Texas-Rio Grande Valley, is transferring to the UNLV basketball program, he announced on social media.

Film tax credits legislation passes Senate committee

Senate Bill 220 — the Nevada Film Infrastructure, Workforce Development, Education and Economic Diversification Act — would provide up to $98 million annually in film ...

Students are buying into UNLV football, and Mullen’s banking on it

Coach Dan Mullen addressed his UNLV football team after a spring practice recently, emphasizing how the players would serve as the foundation for the program’s ...

UNLV professor faces loss of grant money for LGBTQ+ caregiving work over Trump crackdown

In February, UNLV assistant professor Jason Flatt received notice that the U.S. Department of Defense would no longer fund his $1.4 million study on veterans ...