Topic: Research
Happy, Healthy Kids
UNLV research center tackles tough issues in child wellbeing through community programs and legislative advocacy.
From Breakthrough to Business
UNLV faculty discoveries have commercial applications with value to the university, the private sector, and,ultimately, you. Learn about three different faculty members who are working to move their innovative thinking out of the laboratory and into the boardroom.
Research Briefs: Winter 2013
Understanding the solar energy-water nexus; $20.3 million grant from the NIH; fossilized remains of extinct wolf species located in Nevada; building a safer, more efficient battery; elevated levels of lead in Mexican hot sauces; and climate change linked to early animal evolution.
Research In Print: Winter 2013
Faculty authors explore mass media and weddings, race as a false consciousness, the birth of the Middle East, and more.
The Story of Four Fellowships
Meet four recipients of UNLV’s most prestigious graduate fellowships and learn about their research and their gratitude for the funding that made it possible.
Helping the Most Vulnerable
Social work professor and Lincy Institute Scholar Ramona Denby-Brinson uses research as a tool to help children who have entered the child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice systems.
The Making of “The Most Important Day of Your Life”
UNLV communication studies professor Erika Engstrom dissects the images and messages about weddings created by the media and how they affect our perceptions of what “the big day” should look like.
Playful Poetry
English professor Donald Revell showcases his passion for playful words in his newly published collection of poems.
Race and Reality
Rainier Spencer, Afro-American studies professor and associate vice provost for academic affairs, writes about the concept and perception of race, how it affects social dynamics, and theories on how to move toward a post-racial society.
Map-making, Massacres, and the Middle East
UNLV history professor Michelle Tusan explores the influence of geopolitics in the formation of the modern-day Middle East and the sectarian and humanitarian conflicts that have resulted from western intervention.
A Place in the Sun
Talent and hard work helped Team UNLV earn their top-in-the-nation ranking in the Solar Decathlon 2013. But research is the next priority for several team members after the award-winning home is relocated to the Las Vegas Springs Preserve.