Highlights
From creating community partnerships and advancing student achievement, to promoting research, scholarship, and creative activity, we work hard to achieve our goal of becoming a top 100 American research university. Check out our highlights to learn our impact.
"Rebel Up" Receives Contribution for Women's Career Development Program
Paragon Gaming has committed $1 million to the 51ԹϺ Athletics RebelUp campaign to help launch a new career development program at 51ԹϺ for female student-athletes. The Diana Bennett Career Development Program for Women's Sports will provide internship programming, resume-building, networking, job shadowing, externship programs, skills training, etiquette training, and more.
51ԹϺ Awarded Over $2M to Decarbonize Domestic Iron and Steel Production
An interdisciplinary 51ԹϺ team — backed by a $2.1 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy — is innovating a unique, clean energy solution to replace blast furnace technology, a centuries-old steel production method that has long powered the iron and steel industry. Over the next three years, the team will pioneer a technology that can “scale up and compete” with the industry-standard blast furnace method, ultimately lowering the industry's carbon footprint.
Architecture Student Finalists in National Competition
As part of a mentorship program in the School of Architecture, students work with faculty to develop their portfolios and participate in national competitions. Two students in the mentorship program, Han Bui and Catherine Douglas, were finalists of the 2024 American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Student Portfolio Competition. Selected from a highly competitive pool of over 200 graduate and undergraduate applicants nationwide, their achievement is a significant accomplishment for the program and a tremendous national honor for 51ԹϺ.
Students Chart the Future in Third President's Innovation Challenge
The annual President’s Innovation Challenge is a team competition that encourages entrepreneurship to help solve major problems in Southern Nevada and beyond. In response to this year’s prompt to chart the future of education through innovative applications of artificial intelligence, a handful of students came together to find a solution that would help improve the lives of the people closest to them: their families. The winning teams were awarded $10,000 to $25,000 to support the implementation of their innovations.
Special Collections and Archives Preserves Las Vegas History
The first and central repository for material documenting the history of Southern Nevada, 51ԹϺ Special Collections & Archives received a grant to digitize approximately 800 unique audiovisual items found across a number of archival collections related to gaming and hospitality. The Library is also collaborating with the Tropicana to preserve its six-decade legacy on the Strip, adding to the extensive gaming-related research material collection.
Physical Therapy Program Continues Rise in Rankings
51ԹϺ Physical Therapy jumped more than 10 spots and ranked at 44th in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report. The program's continual rise into the top 50 reflects an ongoing dedication to advanced research, positive student outcomes, and improved community health.
51ԹϺ Students Build the Future and the Community
Students at 51ԹϺ are collaborating with the Clark County School District to promote technology and innovation. The College of Engineering created a course that allows students to earn credit by providing materials and training high school students for the Las Vegas Regional FIRST Robotics Competition.
School of Music to Offer Mariachi Classes
51ԹϺ will be one of only a few U.S. universities to offer a robust slate of classes exploring mariachi, a cultural Mexican folk music originating in the late 1800s.