News: Division of Research

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Research |

UNLV research administrators on creating an environment to connect faculty from different disciplines.

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Research |

In her new book, an expert in the nation’s top legal writing program explores how cognitive science and rhetorical theory work together to convince us of what to believe.

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Business and Community |

Unique program boosts student entrepreneurship in the gaming technology industry.

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Research |

UNLV biologist finds nearly 400 genes potentially associated with obesity and other health problems in fruit flies.

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Research |

Georgiann Davis and Claudia Keelan earned top honors from the Nevada System of Higher Education for their research and creative accomplishments.

UNLV geoscientist Eugene Smith
Research |

How a vacation in South Africa, a one-of-its-kind UNLV lab, and pieces of volcanic glass smaller than a grain of salt changed a long-held view of human history.

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Research |

Scientific analysis of diamond impurities - known as inclusions - reveal naturally forming ice crystals and point to water-rich regions deep below the Earth's crust.

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Campus News |

Some of the best teams in collegiate gaming will meet as UNLV’s "8-Bit Esports" takes on Boise State in the inaugural Mountain West Esports Showdown.

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People |

8-bit Esports member Yzzi Ocampo on the challenges female gamers face and the community she found on UNLV's campus.

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People |

The computer science major on taking a nonconventional career path and coaching UNLV's Overwatch team to esports success.

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People |

The co-founder of UNLV’s first esports organization on building community among gamers and UNLV’s chances of winning its first Mountain West Showdown.

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People |

The team captain for 8-bit Esports club on choosing UNLV and his plans to parlay his pastime into a career.