Higher-education experts are promoting a new way to rank colleges and universities, proposing an Economic Mobility Index (EMI) measuring whether the school creates a path to the middle class, instead of the traditional rankings.
University of Nevada Las Vegas
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Writer, producer and director PJ Perez, a UNLV graduate, released a documentary last year that tells the story of the heady days along Las Vegas’ Maryland Parkway in “Parkway of Broken Dreams.”
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Open-source textbooks, free for anyone to use, are a rising trend at colleges and universities looking for a way to make higher education more affordable, and now the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) is on board.
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Geochemists at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, have discovered a new mineral on the surface of the Earth. There’s just one catch: it shouldn’t be here.
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A new scholarship opportunity opens Nov. 1 for immigrant students who hope to attend University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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The 2021 America’s Health Rankings report on the Health of Women and Children crunched the numbers on 118 measures of overall health.
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Residential water consumption in Southern Nevada spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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UNLV journalism professor Michael Easter released “The Comfort Crisis,” a book about getting out of one’s comfort zone to find happiness.
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Senate Bill 287 seeks to formally add UNLV and DRI as land grant institutions, drawing both support and opposition.
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UNLV’s Solar Decathalon team is buzzing with activity in preparation for the April competition, which is now all virtual.