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The Caregiver Program Trains Caregivers to Meet Growing Demand for Senior Care
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (845+ words) UNLV nursing course earns Kathleen Thimsen the UNLV 2026 Community Engagement Service-Learning Award. Kathleen Thimsen (standing) is a forensic nurse and associate professor-in-residence at the UNLV School of Nursing. She receive the UNLV 2026 Community Engagement Service-Learning Award. (Josh Hawkins/UNLV) Kathleen…...
Investment Challenge Returns to Test How Students Think Under Pressure
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (458+ words) Competition was fierce for the 79 student teams that managed portfolios of $500, 000. This spring, 79 student teams at UNLV spent eight weeks managing simulated $500, 000 portfolios using live market data. Prices moved in real time, and economic headlines hit the same way they…...
Working Together to Better Support At-Risk Students in Clark County
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (726+ words) Ying Guo, 2026 Community-Based Research Award recipient, works with Boys Town Nevada to improve support systems available for Clark County children and families. Ying Guo, an assistant professor in the School of Public Health, is the recipient of UNLV's 2026 Community-Based Research…...
Anthropologist Earns UNLV Community Outreach Award for Partnership with Coroner's Office
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (406+ words) Jennifer Byrnes" work has helped resolve unidentified and missing person cases, filling critical gaps in service and expertise. For Jennifer Byrnes" work in helping to resolve unidentified and missing person cases, she has been awarded the UNLV Community Outreach Award....
UNLV Commits to International Students' Success Beyond the Classroom
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (1006+ words) Support efforts focus on easing transition and strengthening connection on campus. For Anne White, senior director of International Student & Scholar Success Programs within UNLV Global, the moment was meaningful to her. "It was spectacular," White says. "Not everyone gets to…...
How UNLV's English Language Center Builds Community Through Kindness
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1327+ words) Valerie Pierce is working to define what it means to educate students in a global city. Valerie Pierce, director of UNLV's English Language Center, leads efforts to support the English language needs of the university and its broader community. (Josh…...
The Course: Global Nutrition and Cultural Food Practices
1+ week, 1+ day ago (894+ words) A UNLV nutrition class explores how culture, politics, and religion shape what's on the plate. Nutrition science majors Matthew Alvarez and Bea Francene Pilande, left and far right, with Samantha Coogan, director of the dietetics program and senior lecturer in…...
Turning the Tide: How Anthony Nu'ez is rebuilding Cheyenne High School through vision and growth.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (633+ words) What would you do if your business needed 100 employees but you only had 60? Who picks up the workload of the other 40? Who skips breaks, covers gaps, and keeps things running?" And how long until the people barely holding it together…...
The Interview: Lisa Lindquist-Nicholas
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1120+ words) At UNLV's Clinical Simulation Center, this professor and alumna prepares future nurses through simulation-based training that demands both patience and patient care. Lisa Lindquist-Nicholas is a nursing professor'and simulation education specialist at UNLV's Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas. The…...
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2+ week, 5+ day ago (15+ words) Community Invited to UNLV's Scarlet & Gray Days'University of Nevada, Las Vegas | UNLV...