News: Office of Executive Vice President and Provost

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Campus News |

UNLV jumps from sixth to second place on U.S. News & World Report’s annual list for “best ethnic diversity,” maintaining a spot in top 10 for fifth consecutive year.

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Campus News |

Annual welcome event features TED-like motivational talks that inspire incoming students to make the most of their college experience.

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Campus News |

Changes to advising, an overhaul of the freshman experience, and an emphasis on taking a full course load are getting today's Rebels off to the right start. It's all part of helping students stick with their studies and graduate on time.

Sharon Altman
People |

Sharon Altman might not break a nail for you, but she’ll take on more responsibility without batting an eye. She’s the 2015 first-place Classified Employee of the Year.

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Campus News |

UNLV hosts three-day college bound program for high-achieving Las Vegas students.

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Campus News |

UNLV removing some of the stumbling blocks for getting students interested in the science and engineering fields. The key: Get 'em while they're young.

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Research |

While the technology at your fingertips may seem like a highly scientific machine, the software behind it can be a mess of different programming languages. The solution for that problem, says professor Andreas Stefik, may come from a researcher's twisty turn.

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Campus News |

Program is aimed at nurturing future campus administrators from the ranks of faculty and staff.

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People |

UNLV architecture professor Eric Weber on how students should design and build their lives, beginning now.

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Campus News |

Atkinson will develop vision and oversee planning for UNLV School of Medicine after successfully leading University of Kansas School of Medicine from 2002-2012.

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Research |

Doctoral student to research human skeletal remains in Turkey; graduating senior will teach English in Germany.

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Campus News |

Ulmer, a nationally recognized expert on crisis communication and professor with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will step in as dean July 1, 2014.