News: Division of Research

Dr. Mary Croughan
Research |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ President, Dr. Len Jessup and 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Dr. Mary Croughan welcomes 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Innovation readers to the Fall 2017 issue.

Cover of The Aztecs at Indepencence
Research |

New book on 19th century Mexican community proves a written tradition, previously assumed to have ended around the battle for independence, continued beyond.

Students in theater
Campus News |

Step into the world of YES, where high school students meet team 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ through project-based mentoring and a case-study analysis of the top industry right their backyards.

Group of indigenous women
Research |

Drawing on community partnerships developed with Yup’ik Eskimo villagers, a new book combines research with indigenous perspectives to create a comprehensive understanding of colonialism in Alaska.

Xiangning Chen holds a cigarette with smoke resembling a DNA strand
Research |

Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine gene researchers clear the air on the link between schizophrenia and smoking.

stethoscope
Research |

The Mountain West Clinical Translational Research Infrastructure Network helps 13 universities support the faculty and research that will improve human health in seven states.

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Office of Undergraduate Research's Becky Boulton, Nicole Thomas, and Liam Frink.
Research |

The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Office of Undergraduate Research’s new program immerses local high school students in the opportunities research at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ has to offer.

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Libraries' Cory Lampert and Silvia Southwick
Research |

A new research tool created by University Libraries helps the world discover more connections among the region’s Jewish community.

Kinesiology professor Brach Poston
Research |

Brach Poston's research on electrical stimulation shows promise for Parkinson's patients.

Dustin and Rochelle Hines
Research |

Husband-and-wife team Dustin and Rochelle Hines research brain cells in their quest for solutions to degenerative diseases and developmental disorders.

casino skyline during sunset
Business and Community |

First-of-its-kind Young Executive Scholars experience to enhance pipeline of homegrown hospitality talent in Las Vegas.

Jonathan Baker and colleagues examine stalagmite in a cave
Campus News |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Ph.D. candidate’s research in Russia challenges widely held understanding of past climate history; study appears in latest issue of top journal Nature Geoscience.