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The Las Vegas Raiders Foundation kickstarted the Rebel Up, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's Athletics' first comprehensive campaign, with a $1 million donation. Boyd Gaming and the Boyd family are MVPs with a combined $6.5 million — the largest combined family and corporate donation in 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Athletics history — to help build an indoor athletic practice facility. And Paragon Gaming got in the action with its $1 million gift for the Diana Bennett Career Development Program for Women's Sports.  

The Student Union is pioneering the county's first Hyphen-run restaurant: orders placed online at Greens to Go-Hyphen are made via robot, hidden under the counter, while staff attend to in-person orders. The robotic makeline can produce 120 meals an hour while eliminating order defects such as missing ingredients and cross-contamination. It's the first of many dining changes coming to the SU this year.

National Science Foundation announced a multi-institutional consortium to confront the climate challenges facing the desert Southwest and spur economic development in the region. Both 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ and the Desert Research Institute will serve as core academic partners on the project, leading and/or contributing to project management and water innovation, workforce development, and community development teams.

Las Vegas’ continued ascent into a global sports and entertainment powerhouse received a boost with the official launch of the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Sports Innovation Institute (SII). Led by an interdisciplinary team of faculty and staff, SII connects 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students from a variety of sport-related academic disciplines with career and internship opportunities, and serves as the conduit for mutually beneficial partnerships between the sports industry and the university to advance sports science, business, and performance.

In response to the community’s outpouring of support after the Dec. 6 shooting at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, in which three faculty members were killed and another injured, the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Foundation has created scholarship funds in honor of the three deceased faculty members. Business professors Dr. Jerry Cha-Jan Chang and Dr. Patricia Navarro Velez lost their lives that day, along with Dr. Naoko Takemaru, an associate professor of Japanese studies within the College of Liberal Arts.

President Whitfield, in collaboration with university leaders, created the campuswide Rebel Recovery Program following the tragic Dec. 6 shooting. The safety, security, and well-being of the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ family – employees and students – is the priority. Rebel Recovery will encompass special events, wellness services, training opportunities, security and safety issues, and more.

A key mission of the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Libraries, and a core area of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s Top Tier 2.0 strategic plan, is to stimulate the economic development of Southern Nevada. To help meet this mission, the Libraries offers several business services to support business leaders and entrepreneurs on campus and in the community, including the specialized research assistance; access to online databases; newspaper access; and the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Patent & Trademark Resources Center Powered by Switch.

Two Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ medical practitioners were named 2023 Healthcare Heroes by Nevada Business Magazine. Dr. Michael Daubs, former professor and chair of orthopaedics, was named Educator of the Year for his work instructing medical residents, and pediatric nurse practitioner Pamela Girgis was named Community Partner of the Year for her efforts in 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Health's school-based clinics, providing free and low-cost care to children in economically challenged neighborhoods.