Topic: children

UNLV student Juan Ramirez
Business and Community | January 5, 2012

UNLV student outreach effort hopes to head off adult obesity by starting with preschool education

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Research | January 11, 2011

UNLV working with local nonprofits and churches to lead pregnancy prevention program.

Three women discussing at a table with an iPad and notebook
Business and Community | January 11, 2011

The UNLV Psychological Assessment and Testing Clinic provides a much-needed, low-cost service to the community by evaluating cognitive and academic skills of kindergarteners through adults.

UNLV President lectures to students
Campus News | December 9, 2010

Campus leaders join the discussion at the Las Vegas Sun Youth Forum, which gives teens a venue for expressing their ideas and concerns.

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Business and Community | October 15, 2010

At-risk kids will be attending the UNLV homecoming game thanks to the Adopt-A-School program, which rewards elementary school children for excelling in the classroom.

Peter Gray
Research | June 18, 2010

Anthropology professor Peter Gray explores the evolution of fatherhood in new book.

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Research | February 3, 2010

The UNLV Baby and Child Rebel Lab researches why babies stereotype and how stereotyping can be curbed before children reach adulthood.

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Research | November 30, 2009

Research explores the natural attraction that kids with autism have for computers.

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Business and Community | July 22, 2009

The Kids’ Court School at the Boyd School of Law helps reduce a child’s angst and fear of the court system by teaching them about the judicial process. More than 300 children have already participated.