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We love our #LasVegas sunshine, but this rainy fall #weather is a vibe ☔️ 🌈 🍂

#Nevada #WeatherPhotography #Photography #UNLV #UNLVRebels
An art installation featuring UNLV in red serif letters on a rainy day. Part of the letters are reflected in a puddle Two students talk on a rain campus side walk with orange leaves in the background A rainbow is spotted over the roofs of buildings at UNLV Two students walk in front of a staircase and a building with a red 'Rebels Make It Happen' banner while an orange sunset fills the sky
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Ever wonder about the origin of familiar holiday traditions? Why does Santa use the chimney? How did gingerbread get so popular? What IS the deal with the yule log? UNLV English professor Katherine Walker gives insight on our holiday traditions.

Via KSNV News 3: news3lv.com/news/arc/exp...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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UNLV Opera Workshop Presents 'Crime & Punishment' Nov. 25
UNLV Opera Workshop Presents 'Crime & Punishment' Nov. 25
The performance will feature criminal and courtroom scenes from popular operas and operettas.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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“You get to bring students together with people who made the history, and you get students to understand where they are.”

Michael Green’s course “The #History of #LasVegas” teaches students everything from casinos & organized crime to silver mining & atomic testing.
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The Course: The History of Las Vegas
Welcome to the fabulous history of the Entertainment Capital of the World.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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The moon over a #LasVegas #BlueSky 🌚

#UNLV #Nevada #SuperMoon #NightSky #Photography
The moon on a mostly clear early morning above the Las Vegas strip. The moon appears behind clouds above the windows of a modern library The moon peaks over the top of a modern building filled with windows The moon on a mostly clear early morning above the Las Vegas strip. The Sphere is filled with a moon graphic, mimicking the moon in the sky
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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A universal mystery 🪐 Recently published research co-authored by UNLV astrophysicist Carl-Johan Haster gives insight into black holes and fundamental physics.

#UniversityResearch #Science #Physics #Astrophysics

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Study: Pair of Distinct Black Hole Mergers Reveals Clues on How They Form and Evolve
The mergers, measured one month apart in 2024 by LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration, advance scientific understanding of the nature of black hole formation and fundamental physics; offer evidence of "seco...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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"I had never worked in space science before, but everyone at UNLV encouraged me and supported me throughout this journey. It’s a high-risk endeavor and it’s a high-stress situation, but it’s worth it."
Ayan Sengupta on his origin story in the #sciences and #neuroimaging: www.unlv.edu/news/article...
Ayan Sengupta stands next to neuroimaging machinery
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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The community comes together to explore arts and culture at the annual UNLV Art Walk! Each year, @unlvfinearts.bsky.social hosts art exhibitions, live music, dance performances, film demonstrations, theatre events, and more along the academic mall. #arts #culture #lasvegas
October 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Not looking forward to answering invasive questions at family dinner this year? Understandable. UNLV therapist Dawn Moore offers tips to navigate stressful moments during the holiday season. www.unlv.edu/news/article...
October 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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As the weather starts to FINALLY feel like fall, students give their first impressions on the UNLV experience.

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A student works on a laptop while sipping a drink A student works on a laptop outside on a sunny day Four students talk at an outdoor table A group of students play chess in a busy food court
October 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Another chapter in the #RebelHomecoming story at #UNLV
October 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Lighting up the sky at with a #RebelHomecoming drone show at #UNLV!
October 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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This #RebelHomecoming will be one for the books 📚 UNLV's annual event celebrating tradition continues for the Homecoming Festival on October 8 and culminates with the football team playing Air Force on Saturday, October 11!

Full event schedule: unlv.edu/homecoming
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October 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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For more than 30 years, UNLV’s International Gaming Institute has been analyzing gaming issues and building a reputation for research that is trustworthy and academically rigorous. Now their latest initiative is setting the standard for ethical AI use in the industry. www.unlv.edu/news/article...
A gaming lab complete with a craps table and slot machines, surrounded by smiling students and faculty Students and faculty gather in a bright conference room to discuss gaming research Students and faculty gather in a bright conference room to discuss gaming research Students and faculty gather in a bright conference room to discuss gaming research
October 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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“VR is not here to replace all the ways that teachers have taught and students have learned over the years; it’s here to add on, another tool in the academic toolbox.” Aundrea Frahm, director of #immersivelearning at #UNLV, on the power of #virtualreality for #education.
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September 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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You may have noticed mosquitos have become the latest tenant of the #LasVegas valley. UNLV's School of Public Health's bug lab is here to help by working to better understand and control these persistent pests. #research #university #publichealth

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How UNLV Public Health Mosquito Lab Is Helping Take the Bite Out of Summer
From ballot proposals to research on pesticide resistance and virus transmission, student-faculty group explores what to do when bugs do more than bug you.
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September 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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In this #publichealth course, #UNLV graduate students learn teamwork and survival skills to provide humanitarian aid in remote regions of the globe–led by a professor who has been on more than two dozen international missions.

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The Course: Beyond Borders for UNLV Public Health Students
In this elective course, students learn about providing aid and healthcare in remote areas around the country and world.
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September 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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UNLV kicked off the academic year with its third consecutive year of record fall enrollment, clocking in at over 33,000 students! We expect to welcome more than 8,000 new students this fall, including nearly 6,700 first-year and transfer students.

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August 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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New insights into human evolution: UNLV anthropologist Brian Villmoare and a team of international scientists recently discovered new fossils that could shift our perception of human evolution. #Research #Evolution #University #Anthropology

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Discovery of New Fossils — and New Species of Ancient Human Ancestor — Reveals Insights on Evolution
UNLV anthropologist and international research team find Ethiopian fossils; details published in Aug. 13 Nature paper.
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August 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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The newest Rebels have ARRIVED! Excited to welcome the next class of undergraduate and graduate students to UNLV.
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August 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Inspired by space shuttle engines, Huang Chen and a team of #UNLV students innovate devices to help patients with heart failure. #AerospaceEngineering #MechanicalEngineering #UniversityResearch

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Huang Chen works with a student at the Fluid Innovation Lab at UNLV on various pieces of mechanical equipment and a laptop Huang Chen works with a student at the Fluid Innovation Lab at UNLV on various pieces of mechanical equipment and a laptop Huang Chen works at the Fluid Innovation Lab at UNLV on various pieces of mechanical equipment and a computer A complex machine that analyzes fluid
July 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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UNLV is one of the few universities licensed to work with radioactive materials, and our radiochemistry program ranks among the nation’s best! Now, the researchers are looking toward the future of energy by safely salvaging depleted materials.

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July 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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An aerial view of a modern library with a bright red UNLV banner at twilight. The Las Vegas strip glows in the background.
July 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Some #UNLV lore for your timeline: What was the original color of the popular scarlet letters on display at many campus events?

Here's a clue: The pieces originally came from the Victoria’s Secret brand PINK.

Go back to 2014 and see how they evolved: www.unlv.edu/news/article...
Six students stand among tall, red UNLV letters on a field Tall, red letters spell out UNLV on a sunny day in front of palm trees and a a two-story building Four students stand among tall, red UNLV letters A dozen students stand among tall, red UNLV letters at an event at dusk. Many of the students hold red light sticks
June 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Today is Juneteenth, marking a significant milestone in U.S. history. The holiday recognizes the anniversary of the day in 1865 that news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached enslaved people in Texas, more than two years after it was declared.
June 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM