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Division of Research News

UNLV's Division of Research creates a campus environment that supports and promotes superior research, creative, and scholarly pursuits. This ensures that our students and faculty can recognize their full intellectual potential.

Current Research News

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People |

From growing the university’s research infrastructure to prioritizing personal passions, David Hatchett makes time to do it all.

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Campus News |

UNLV is inspiring our students, fostering innovation, and transforming communities. Here in Nevada and around the world, Rebels Thrive.

A portrait of Beverly Jacobik.
People |

The evidence is clear: UNLV's research protections director found her perfect role.

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Campus News |

New structure aimed at improving compliance oversight and customer service. 

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Campus News |

Through UNLV's interdisciplinary research areas, faculty are cooking up solutions to large-scale problems impacting Las Vegas, the Southwest, and beyond.

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Research |

The platform transforms UNLV’s research infrastructure, enhances the university’s data-driven culture, and supports strategic decision-making to expand faculty opportunities.

Research In The News

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Southern Nevada is finding a way to supplement the Las Vegas Valley water supply through the air. A UNLV professor and his students are able to collect water from the atmosphere in their research.

Travel Weekly

For visitors who use their own cars to get to Las Vegas or rent a car when they arrive, parking fees have become ubiquitous since MGM Resorts International began instituting them in 2016. Prices to park at major Strip resorts have since risen substantially, but there are both benefits and ways to work around them.

Plugged In

Try to throw some money down in a Las Vegas casino if you’re under 21 years old, and you’ll be quickly escorted out the door. Try to buy a lottery ticket at a gas station before at least 18, and you’ll face the same treatment.

Bloomberg

Chief Financial Officers now play a critical role in shaping corporate strategy and positioning organizations to meet future challenges. This episode profiles DraftKings CFO Alan Ellingson: the online sports betting operator has recently turned profitable, and he'll play a key role in the company's next phase of growth.

Washington Post

When Dino Beltran scans a 68-acre vineyard in the heart of Sonoma County, he sees land where his ancestors traded goods with other tribes, long before tourists flocked to the storied California wine region.

CDC Gaming

In October 2024, Alan Feldman was inducted into the American Gaming Association Hall of Fame. During his four-decade career in gaming, Feldman made the transition from gaming executive to universally recognized expert in responsible gaming. He credits his devotion to the issue of Responsible Gaming to his family tradition of social consciousness, stating it was in his DNA.

Research Experts

A longtime industry executive and leading international expert on responsible gaming. 
An expert in commercializing intellectual property.
An expert in sports betting, gaming policy and regulation, legislative affairs, and workplace sexual harrassment. 
An expert in hospitality innovation, business development, esports, and technology incubation. 
An expert in high performance computing.
An expert in research infrastructure, electrochemistry, chemistry, and radiochemistry.   

Recent Research Accomplishments

For the second year in a row, professor Seyhmus Baloglu has been recognized as one of the top 2% of Sports, Leisure, and Tourism Scholars in the world based on Scopus data provided by Elsevier. Now in its sixth iteration, this prestigious list identifies the world's leading researchers, representing approximately 2% of all scientists…
Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute) presented his research on AI ethics in the gambling sector at the National Conference on Gambling Addiction and Responsible Gambling on July 18, 2024, in San Diego, California.
Craig Schwartz and colleagues (Nevada Extreme Conditions Lab) were recently awarded two grants from the Department of Energy: 1.) Next generation solar cells probed at the interface with exceptional precision (PIE): Towards new device design – Summary: Generating solar energy via photovoltaic (PV) devices is one of the most promising routes…
Marta Soligo (International Gaming Institute and Sociology) delivered a keynote speech earlier this month at the webinar “Film Tourism: Destination Branding and Experience” organized by the Bali Dwipa University in collaboration with the Bali Tourism Board. Soligo’s presentation centered around film-induced tourism, focusing on tourism planning,…
Marta Soligo (International Gaming Institute and Sociology) gave a presentation last month at the Sustainable Tourism Africa Summit 2022. Her speech centered around sustainable tourism, popular culture, and the post-pandemic recovery.
Kasra Ghaharian (Hospitality and International Gaming Institute) spoke on an expert panel at the 2022 Indian Gaming Tradeshow & Convention. The panel, Responsible Gaming in the Digital Age, addressed how advances in technology are impacting consumer protection policy and practices in the gambling industry.