Honors College News
The Honors College is a selective college within the university that offers an enhanced undergraduate core experience for highly motivated students. We partner with the "discipline" colleges at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ where honors students pursue their academic majors.
Current Honors News
With resilience and resolve, award adds to Billot's legacy as one of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s most academically decorated graduates.
An enduring 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
Students discover how aviation gave wings to the American West.
This month’s frosty headlines and highlights from the students and faculty of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.
As plans for a permanent memorial garden take shape, community-driven projects offer a way for students and faculty to reckon with loss.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ math sciences professor Satish Bhatnagar will be honored for his half-century of contributions to the university during the annual Faculty Length of Service Program.
Honors In The News
In 1875, when Nevada was still in its infancy as a state, the seventh session of the Legislature created a fund to pay legislators, prohibited people who hadn’t received a medical education from practicing medicine and banned camels from public roads.
Many people may not know about the SSSS code on the airplane boarding pass. This code is not always found by passengers, but it can be panic-inducing for those who get it.
Las Vegas is a city that constantly reinvents itself, transforming from a small boom town along 1900s railroads to an international gaming destination. Structures don’t stay long, razed for bigger and better casinos or shopping centers.
Las Vegas Raiders fan Ralph Sotelo went viral during the team’s Monday Night Football matchup when TV cameras panned his way while holding a sign that read: Tank for Shedeur. That clear message spread across social media as one of the few memorable moments during the Raiders 10th straight loss.
If you’ve looked up at the night sky recently and noticed mysterious flying objects, you’re hardly alone. From New Jersey to Arizona and California (and dozens of places in between) the public has witnessed unusual flying objects, and often, it’s large clusters of them.
In a society focused on the new, preserving old places — from culturally important indigenous lands to historic buildings in some of Nevada’s largest and smallest cities — is a constant battle.
