News: Division of Research

Brian Hedlund collects samples in grass at Lake Mead
Business and Community |

DuPont Industrial Biosciences will sponsor research conducted by UNLV microbiologist Brian Hedlund.

Lara Turello
Research |

Join the discussion at Research Week 2016, Oct. 3-7.

Nora Caberoy looks through microscopw slide
Research |

Nora Caberoy discovered that her research on proteins in the eye might someday help us fight Alzheimer’s.

The Harry Reid Research and Technology Park at sunset
Business and Community |

Under the guidance of Gardner, development of the UNLV Research Park will begin this fall, creating a new economic hub in Southern Nevada.

A hiker descends the Angels Landing route in Zion National Park
Research |

As the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary, UNLV professor Scott Abella explores the conservation challenges officials face.

Nate Bynum
Arts and Culture |

Theatre professor Nate Bynum says today’s actors need to be more than just performers.

André Wilsenach and Jennifer Roberts
Business and Community |

Center helps regulators and policymakers understand current issues and is establishing best regulatory practices.

Biochemistry professor Ron Gary
Research |

Biochemist Ron Gary's enzyme research seeks to defeat cancer and Alzheimer's disease.

Homecoming royalty from 1976
Research |

UNLV history professor Deirdre Clemente's newest book highlights a convergence of fashion and consumerism on college campuses.

Desk with skulls and bones on it
Research |

Debra Martin, winner of the 2015 Harry Reid Silver State Research Award, reveals that the answers about our darkest impulses can sometimes be found within what remains.

Alexis Kennedy leans against a chain-linked fence with brick wall in the background
Research |

Last year, the Nevada attorney general’s office released statistics indicating that Las Vegas police recovered 2,229 victims of human trafficking since 1994.

Bo Bernhard speaks at a podium
Research |

Bo Bernhard, executive director of the UNLV International Gaming Institute (IGI), recently joined Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval on his trade mission to Australia to sign a memo-randum of understanding with the University of Sydney.