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research university
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in
Paradise, Nevada
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, United States.
[ The campus is about east of the ]Las Vegas Strip
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. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada
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from 1957 to 1969. It includes the Shadow Lane Campus, just east of the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
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, which houses both School of Medicine
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and School of Dental Medicine. UNLV's law school, the William S. Boyd School of Law
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, is the only law school in the state.
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among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". According to the National Science Foundation
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, UNLV spent $83 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 165th in the nation.
History
Beginnings
The first college classes, which eventually became the classes of UNLV, were offered as the southern regional extension division of the University of Nevada
The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada, United States. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded ...
in 1959 in a classroom at Las Vegas High School
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. In 1955, State Senator Mahlon Brown "sponsored the legislation to provide $200,000 to construct the campus's first building" – Frazier Hall. Groundbreaking on the original site was in April 1956, and the university purchased a site in North Las Vegas
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for future expansion. UNLV was officially founded by the Nevada Board of Regents as the Southern Division of the University of Nevada on September 10, 1957. The first classes were held on the current campus in the post and beam Mid Century Modern
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Maude Frazier
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Hall designed by the local architectural firm, Zick & Sharp. Twenty-nine students graduated in the first commencement ceremonies in 1964.
Nevada Southern University
In 1965, the Nevada Legislature named the school Nevada Southern University, and the Board of Regents hired the campus's first president, Donald C. Moyer, who died in 2008 at the age of 88.
In 1968, Nevada Southern was given equal status with its parent institution in Reno
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, and the present name was approved by the regents in January 1969, during a winter session and without the need for input from representatives from the University of Nevada, Reno. During this time, Nevada Southern University also adopted the southern "Rebel" athletics moniker and a mascot dressed in a southern Confederate uniform named Beauregard. The popular reasoning behind such a controversial moniker and mascot is that they did it to oppose the northern Union traditions and symbols of their northern rival, the University of Nevada. Soon, protests from NSU/UNLV students forced a slight change to their Confederate mascot, but the "Rebels" moniker remains to this day. Since its founding, the university has grown rapidly, expanding both its academic programs and campus facilities.
Evolution to UNLV
In 1969, the board of regents approved the name University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the abbreviation UNLV.
In 1973, Jerry Tarkanian
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was hired as the men's basketball coach by UNLV's second president, Roman Zorn.
The Center for Business and Economic Research was established in 1975 for research projects that assist in developing the Nevada economy and assist state and local agencies and private-sector enterprises in collecting and analyzing economic and market data.
In 1981, Claes Oldenburg
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's Flashlight sculpture was installed on the plaza between Artemus Ham Hall and Judy Bayley Theatre.
The Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies was established in 1989.
In 2001, Lied Library opened to the public. The final cost of the project was reported to be $55.3 million.
In 2002, the School of Dental Medicine opened to train students, and to offer low-cost dental care to residents.
In 2003, the Institute for Security Studies was established to address homeland security concerns. The Lynn Bennett Childhood Development Center opened.
In 2004, UNLV opened its first regional campus on Shadow Lane, near the University Medical Center. The School of Dental Medicine is located on the Shadow Lane Campus. Also, the School of Public Health was established in the Division of Health Sciences to address new and emerging public-health issues.
In 2005, construction began on the $113 million science and engineering building, which has 200,000 square feet of teaching space, laboratories, and high-tech conference rooms. The building, completed in 2008, was designed to support interdisciplinary research, draw students to high-demand fields such as electrical engineering, computer science, and environmental science, and attract national and international researchers. UNLV launched its first comprehensive campaign, Invent the Future, with the goal of raising $500 million by December 2008. Also, the Air Force ROTC program was established on campus.
In 2006, the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents raised the minimum GPA to 3.0 for admittance to UNLV. UNLV opened its first international campus in Singapore, where the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration offered a bachelor's degree program in hospitality management. UNLV planned to end its partnership with the Singapore Institute of Technology by 2015, due to economic issues such as rising tuition in Las Vegas and the falling value of the U.S. dollar in Singapore.
In 2007, an expanded student union (with study and social lounges, eateries, a new ballroom, and a 300-seat theater) and a new student recreation center (with high-tech weight and fitness rooms, swimming pools, and a juice bar) opened in the fall. These facilities reflected UNLV's goal of becoming more student-oriented. The Greenspun College of Urban Affairs broke ground for the $94 million Greenspun Hall, which showcased the latest environmental and technological advancements and served as an anchor for "Midtown UNLV."
In 2011, UNLV's business college was formally renamed after a $15 million donation from the Ted and Doris Lee family, the Las Vegas real estate, hotel, restaurant, and casino investors.
In 2016, UNLV hosted the final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies covered the debate on their local station, UNLV-TV. This featured a three-hour live broadcast of round-table student commentary, interviews, and coverage from the spin room inside the Thomas and Mack Center.
In 2017, UNLV shut down the only HIV clinic for children and pregnant women in the Southern Nevada region for ethical violations. UNLV later settled for $1.45 million related to improper charges made by principal investigator Echezona Ezeanolue to several federal research awards.
In 2018, UNLV President Len Jessup received unfavorable performance reviews from the system chancellor. Ethical concerns were raised when a $14 million donation was conditioned on his continual employment, but the UNLV Foundation Board of Trustees conducted an ethics investigation that uncovered no self-dealings by Jessup and the donor.
In 2019, UNLV renamed the School of Community Health Sciences as the School of Public Health.
Campus shooting
On December 6, 2023, a mass shooting occurred on campus when 67–year–old Anthony James Polito opened fire at the Frank and Estella Beam Hall and Student Union buildings. Polito, who had applied to be a professor at the campus but was rejected, killed three and critically wounded a fourth before being fatally shot in a shootout with police.
One of the victims of the 2023 shooting, Patricia Navarro-Velez, was named as part of a federal investigation by the Department of Education
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into the school's diversity, equity, and inclusion
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(DEI) efforts alongside another professor who was no longer employed by the university. The investigation was part of the second Trump administration
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's efforts to remove DEI programs from within schools and government agencies. The school confirmed that Navarro-Velez was being investigated, and a spokesperson for the school said that she was part of the PhD Project, which is an organization which aims to recruit a "broader talent pipeline" into doctoral programs. On March 21, 2025, the Department of Education claimed that schools had violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act
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by partnering with the organization.
Campus
The main campus of UNLV is on 332-acres in centrally located Paradise, Nevada.
Midtown UNLV is an ongoing private-public development along Maryland Parkway, a border street to the school. Development began in 2002 and its purpose is to expand the university to meet the demands of a major university in the Las Vegas metropolitan area
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. The project to improve the "front door" of the university by improving amenities for students and businesses along Maryland Parkway. The goals are to reduce vacant spaces, lower business turnover rates, and create space for the university to expand. Additionally, the project aims to create new housing developments close to campus. Major funding is through state funding sources along with private donations.
Sustainability
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has created an Urban Sustainability Initiative that strives to implement sustainable practices on campus and in the larger Las Vegas community. In addition to having two campus buildings in the process of LEED
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Silver Certification and one building in the process of LEED Gold Certification, UNLV has reduced its use of electricity and natural gas by 38% per square foot since 2001 by retrofitting older campus buildings. In the 2009 edition of the Sustainable Endowment Institute's College Sustainability Report Card, University of Nevada-Las Vegas received a grade of "C".
The Science and Engineering building received a LEED Silver rating in March 2009. SEB achieved this rating by using recycled glass, steel, concrete, and wood. More than 60% of the leftover construction materials were recycled. The roof of SEB was made to reflect 92% of sunlight. This reduces the amount of heat absorbed into the building, so reduces energy needed to cool the building. Incoming air to SEB is also cooled through evaporation so the need for air conditioning is reduced. High-performance window glazing also allows light to come in while keeping the building insulated. Occupancy sensors allow lights to automatically turn off when a room is not occupied, saving electricity. Low-flow sinks, toilets, and showers, as well as a drip irrigation system for the native desert landscape, reduce water usage by 42%. SEB also uses a reclaimed water system that captures wastewater, providing 750 gallons of water a day that are used to flush toilets.
The Greenspun College of Urban Affairs building of UNLV received a LEED Gold rating in April 2010.
In 2009, UNLV received the Cashman Good Government Award for the campus' sustainability measures for "maintaining consistent energy costs despite substantial campus growth," saving nearly $11 million from 2001 to 2009. UNLV was also recognized for managing the xeric demonstration garden and for its recycling efforts.
Recent efforts by the university to improve sustainability practices include participation in the Solar Decathlon
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and creation of a Sustainability Coordinator position to investigate methods for improving sustainability of residence halls.
Athletic facilities
UNLV's main athletic facilities include Thomas & Mack Center
The Thomas & Mack Center is a multi-purpose arena located on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada. It is home of the UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team of the Mountain West Conference.
History
The facility first ...
(1983), Cox Pavilion
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, Buchanan Natatorium, Earl Wilson Stadium
Earl E. Wilson Baseball Stadium at Roger Barnson Field is a baseball stadium located on the northwest corner of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus in Paradise, Nevada.
History
It has been the home field for the UNLV Hustlin' Rebels co ...
, and Allegiant Stadium
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. These facilities hold home games for UNLV sports programs and have hosted events such as the Mountain West Conference basketball tournament and the National Finals Rodeo.
In 2007, the recreation center was completed.
The Mendenhall Center, a training center dedicated for the UNLV basketball program, opened in 2012. The Fertitta Football Complex for UNLV Football opened in 2019.
Other notable buildings
Performing arts facilities include the Judy Bayley Theatre (1972), the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall (1976), the Black Box Theatre, the Alta Ham Fine Arts Complex (1982), and the Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center (2001).
In 2007, a new student union
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was opened. This building offers many amenities for students including a social atmosphere, a diverse food court, conference rooms, a game room, student government offices, and student organization offices.
Greenspun Hall opened its doors in 2008. It houses the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs and the Brookings Mountain West Institute. It also houses the campus radio station KUNV-FM, student-run HD2 radio station, and the television production organization UNLV-TV. The building is named after ''Las Vegas Sun'' founder and publisher Hank Greenspun, whose family donated $37 million for the building.
Organization and administration
UNLV offers more than 350 bachelor's
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, master's
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, and doctoral degree
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programs taught by 850 faculty members.
Academic schools, colleges and divisions:
Black Mountain Institute
The Black Mountain Institute (BMI) is a literary center at the university. It focuses on "live experiences, fellowships, innovative media, and literary activism".
Administrators
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List of presidents
Academics
Undergraduate admissions
UNLV's admissions process is considered "selective" according to '' U.S. News & World Report''. For freshmen entering fall 2018, 9,527 were accepted out of 11,613 applicants, and 3,947 enrolled. Women constituted 57.9% of the incoming class; men were 42.1%.[
Among freshman students who enrolled in fall 2016, ]SAT
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scores for the middle 50% ranged from 450 to 560 for critical reading, 450–570 for math, and 430–540 for writing.[ ACT composite scores for the middle 50% ranged from 19 to 24.][ In terms of class rank, 20% of enrolled freshmen were in the top 10% of their high school classes; 52% ranked in the top quarter, and 82% ranked in the top half.][ The average high school ]grade point average
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was 3.31.[
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Reputation and rankings
According to the ''QS World University Rankings
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'', William F. Harrah College of Hospitality's Hotel Administration program is ranked No. 4 in the world in 2025.
Lee Business School's part-time MBA
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program is ranked in the top 28% in ''U.S. News & World Report's'' 2014 ranking of best business graduate programs.
''The Atlantic
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'' recognized UNLV's English department as having one of the nation's most innovative master of fine arts
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is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts admi ...
programs and one of the top-five doctoral programs in creative writing.
''Down Beat
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'' magazine, the internationally recognized industry standard trade publication for jazz music, recognized the work of the 2010 UNLV Jazz Ensemble as "Outstanding Large Jazz Ensemble Performance" among graduate college-level jazz bands in their annual Student Music Award issue of that year.
In 2018, UNLV surpassed New York University
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as the most diverse university for undergraduates according to'' U.S. News & World Report''.
Libraries
UNLV has several libraries on the main campus. The biggest is the Lied Library in the center of campus. Opened in 2001, the , $58 million facility is named for real estate entrepreneur Ernst W. Lied.
Many colleges also have their individual libraries that hold materials more closely related to the college:
* The Architecture Studies Library in the UNLV School of Architecture
* The Teacher Development & Resources Library in the College of Education
* The Music Library in the Lee & Thomas Beam Music Center
* The Wiener-Rogers Law Library in the William S. Boyd School of Law
* The School of Medicine Library
Research
UNLV research and economic development activities increased for the fourth consecutive year, according to the fiscal-year-end report from the Division of Research and Economic Development. Research awards rose by 7.5 percent to nearly $34.5 million, and proposals increased by two percent. Research expenditures in FY18 totaled $37 million.
The College of Sciences received the largest amount of award funding among the colleges once again this fiscal year: nearly $15 million through more than 100 awards. Engineering followed with roughly $7.6 million in awards. The College of Education posted the largest percentage gain in award funding in FY16, with a nearly 47% increase from $1,776,332 in FY15 to $2,609,366 in FY16.
UNLV's economic development activities continue to grow. Sixty-one patents were filed in FY16, an increase of 17% over FY15, and licensing revenue doubled from $126,242 in FY15 to $252,309 in FY16.
Another measure of university research activity is the number of doctoral degrees conferred, as doctoral programs require a strong research component culminating in the doctoral dissertation. UNLV doctoral conferrals increased nearly 13% in FY16 to 166 degrees conferred. For the 2017–2018 school year, 163 doctoral degrees were conferred.
Student life
Much of the student life at UNLV revolves around its Student Union, which houses the offices for its student government and student organizations on its third floor.
Student government
The Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The Consolidated Students of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, often abbreviated CSUN or UNLV CSUN, is the student body government at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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(CSUN) is the undergraduate student government at UNLV. This body consists of an executive board, a senate of 25 members from all of the colleges at UNLV, a judicial council, and directors who plan and organize events and marketing. CSUN currently has an annual budget of about $1 million, funded through student fees. The senate ways and means committee determines how the CSUN budget will be divided or set aside for items such as student organization funding and scholarships. The final say on spending in CSUN is the senate.
Together with UNLV, CSUN founded an on-campus preschool in 1974 as part of the College of Education. Both students and staff can use this accredited preschool.
The graduate student government at UNLV, called The Graduate and Professional Student Association, is separate from the undergraduate student government.
Student organizations
UNLV has over 350 student organizations. To become official, the organization must become recognized by UNLV's Involvement Center.
Newspaper
''The Scarlet and Gray Free Press'' is the student newspaper on campus. It covers many topics about higher education in UNLV and the state. The paper extensively covers CSUN senate meetings and elections. It is printed twice weekly and posts its articles online. Recently, the newspaper's name was changed from ''Rebel Yell'' to its current iteration, as the former title was criticized for its reference to Confederate culture.
Fraternities and sororities
There are numerous Greek life organizations on campus.
Athletics
UNLV supports varsity teams in 16 different sports. The men's basketball team is referred to as the Runnin' Rebels and the men's baseball team is referred to as the Hustlin' Rebels. The Rebels are a founding member of the Mountain West Conference
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, in the NCAA's Division I. The only exceptions are the UNLV men's soccer team and swim and dive team, which compete in the Western Athletic Conference
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.
The school's official colors of scarlet and gray can be traced to 1958, when UNLV adopted as mascot a wolf wearing a Confederate uniform. Scarlet and gray were traditional colors of the Confederacy with its gray uniforms and red-based flag. UNLV's mascot was Hey Reb!
Hey Reb! was a mascot for the UNLV Rebels, the athletic teams of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada, USA. He performed live at all UNLV athletic events. The mascot, Hey Reb!, was first created in 1983 to depict the embodiment ...
, the toned-down version of the original mascot named Beauregard, which was a wolf character dressed in Confederate
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hat and uniform. UNLV's Hey Reb mascot made his debut in 1983. He received his first makeover in 1997 and second in 2009.
On June 16, 2020, amid protests of racial inequality related to the murder of George Floyd
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, UNLV announced the removal of the Hey Reb! statue in front of the Tam Alumni Center, stating: "In recent conversations with the donor we mutually agreed it was best to remove the statue and return it." The university's president Marta Meana clarified the decision: "Over the past few months, I have had discussions with multiple individuals and stakeholder groups from campus and the community on how best the university can move forward given recent events throughout our nation".
UNLV has many traditions in its athletic programs. Each year, the men's football team plays the Nevada Wolf Pack
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in a football game called the Battle for Nevada. The trophy for that game is the Fremont Cannon
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. Built by the Kennecott Copper
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Corp., Nevada Mines Division, the cannon is valued at more than $10,000 and is considered one of the best and loudest, symbols of rivalry in college football. The cannon was permanently silenced in 2000, when Rebel players and fans accidentally dropped the trophy during a victory celebration. Since then, the teams continue the tradition with the victor painting the Fremont Cannon with the inscription of "University of Notta Lotta Victories" or "University of Northern Rejects". While UNLV trails Nevada in the series 29–21, the Rebels have won each of the last three meetings heading into the 2025 season.
UNLV is most known for its men's basketball program. Made famous by Coach Jerry Tarkanian
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in the 1970s–1990s, the Runnin' Rebels are the third-most winning team in Division I basketball history by percentage, only behind Kentucky and North Carolina (.713, 1037–418 through 2008). The UNLV team is well known for their 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
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by defeating Duke University
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103–73, which was and still is the largest margin of victory in a championship game. In that same game, UNLV became the first team to break 100 points in a championship game.
UNLV is also known for its golf program. Led by coach Dwaine Knight, the UNLV golf program has turned out PGA Tour pros such as Adam Scott, Chris Riley, Chad Campbell
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, Ryan Moore, Skip Kendall
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Early and personal life
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, Charlie Hoffman, Bill Lunde, Andres Gonzales
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Professional career
Gonzales has played on the Canadian Tour, Web.com Tour, and PGA Tour. He won the 2009 Saskatchewan Open on the Canadian Tour. He later won the 2012 So ...
, and Garrick Higgo
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. They won the NCAA Division I Men's National Golf Championship in 1998. In February 2011, the Rebel men's swimming and diving team won their seventh-straight Mountain West Conference titles. Three Rebel swimmers competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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; Joe Bartoch and Richard Hortness represented Canada and Jonas Anderson represented Sweden.
Notable people
Faculty
Notable faculty include:
* Rita Deanin Abbey (1930–2021)
* David B. Ashley
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(b. 1951)
* John Boehner
John Andrew Boehner ( ; born , 1949) is an American politician who served as the 53rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served 13 terms as the U.S. representative ...
(b. 1949)
* Felicia F. Campbell (1931–2020)
* Maile Chapman
* Mary Croughan
Mary Croughan is an American epidemiologist and academic administrator serving as the provost and executive vice chancellor of the University of California, Davis since 2020.
Career
Croughan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in community hea ...
* Clarence Gilyard
Clarence Darnell Gilyard Jr. (December 24, 1955 – November 28, 2022) was an American actor. He was best known to television audiences for his roles as private investigator Conrad McMasters on the legal drama series '' Matlock ''(1986–95) an ...
(1955–2022)
* Kenny Guinn
Kenneth Carroll Guinn (August 24, 1936 – July 22, 2010), was an American businessman, academic administrator, and politician who served as the 27th Governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007. He previously served as interim president of the Universi ...
(1936–2010)
* Carol Harter
Carol Clancey Harter (June 1, 1941 – September 14, 2023) was an American academic administrator who was the 7th president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) (1995–2006). She is the longest-serving president in UNLV history, at 11 ...
(1941-2023)
* Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Hans-Hermann Hoppe (; ; born 2 September 1949) is a German-American academic associated with Austrian School economics, anarcho-capitalism, right-wing libertarianism, and opposition to democracy. He is professor emeritus of economics at th ...
(b. 1949)
* Michel Hugo (1930–2010)
* Len Jessup
* Claudia Keelan
Claudia Keelan (born 1959) is an American poet, writer, and professor. She received the Regents’ Creative Activities Award, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Life
Claudia Keelan is the author of seven collections of poetry, most recently ...
* Lawrence L. Larmore
Lawrence L. Larmore is an American mathematician and theoretical computer science, theoretical computer scientist. Since 1994 he has been a professor of computer science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Larmore developed the package ...
* Robert Maxson
Robert Clinton Maxson (born May 8, 1936) is an American academic administrator who has served as president of several institutions of higher education. He was most recently (2008–10) president of Sierra Nevada College, a private, liberal arts co ...
(b. 1936)
* Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2 ...
(1939–2021)
* Donald Revell
Donald Revell (born 1954 in Bronx, New York) is an American poet, essayist, translator and professor.
Revell has won numerous honors and awards for his work, beginning with his first book, ''From the Abandoned Cities'', which was a National Poetr ...
(b. 1954)
* Murray Rothbard
Murray Newton Rothbard (; March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was an American economist of the Austrian School,Ronald Hamowy, ed., 2008, The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism', Cato Institute, Sage, , p. 62: "a leading economist of the Austri ...
(1926–1995)
* Brian Sandoval
Brian Edward Sandoval ( ; born August 5, 1963) is an American politician, academic administrator, and former federal judge who served as the 29th Governor of Nevada from 2011 to 2019.
A graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, Sandoval began ...
(b. 1963)
* David Schmoeller
David Schmoeller (born December 8, 1947) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is notable for directing several full-length theatrical horror films including ''Tourist Trap (film), Tourist Trap'' (1979), ''The Seduction (fi ...
(b. 1947)
* Cathy Scott
Cathleen Scott (born ) is a ''Los Angeles Times'' and ''New York Times'' bestselling American true crime author and investigative journalist who penned the biographies and true crime books '' The Killing of Tupac Shakur'' and '' The Murder of B ...
()
* Neal Smatresk (b. 1951)
* Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka , (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian author, best known as a playwright and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty five plays and five memoirs. He also wrote two transla ...
(b. 1934)
* Randall Stout (1958–2014)
* Dina Titus
Alice Constandina "Dina" Titus ( ; born May 23, 1950) is an American politician who has been the United States representative for since 2013. She served as the U.S. representative for from 2009 to 2011, when she was defeated by Joe Heck. Titus i ...
(b. 1950)
* Michael Tylo
Michael Edward Tylo (October 16, 1948 – September 28, 2021) was an American actor.
Career
Among his numerous soap opera roles, he was best known for his portrayal of Quinton Chamberlain on ''Guiding Light''. He played the role from 1981 to 19 ...
(1948–2021)
* Douglas A. Unger (b. 1952)
* Richard Wiley (b. 1944)
* John Farley (1948–2022)
* Derek Walcott
Sir Derek Alton Walcott OM (23 January 1930 – 17 March 2017) was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright.
He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works include the Homeric epic poem '' Omeros'' (1990), which many critics view "as ...
Alumni
UNLV has seen many of its former students go on to local and national prominence. This includes many athletes who have excelled at the collegiate and professional levels.
* Greg Anthony
Gregory Carlton Anthony (born November 15, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player who is a television analyst for NBA TV and Turner Sports. He played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Anthony also co ...
(b. 1967)
* Joel Anthony
Joel Vincent Anthony (born August 9, 1982) is a Canadian former professional basketball player who played for the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, and San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won two champion ...
(b. 1982)
* Stacey Augmon
Stacey Orlando Augmon (born August 1, 1968) is an American basketball coach and former player. He serves as the player development coach of the Sacramento Kings. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He gained th ...
(b. 1968)
* Anthony Bennett (b. 1993)
* Brian Boehringer
Brian Edward Boehringer (born January 8, 1969) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He won the 1996 World Series with the New York Yankees over the Atlanta Braves.
Early life and career
He is a 1987 graduate of Northwest High Sc ...
(b. 1969), pitcher for the New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Am ...
* Chad Campbell
David Chad Campbell (born May 31, 1974) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, where he has won four times. He also notably finished as a runner-up at the 2009 Masters, after losing in a sudden-death playoff.
Early life ...
(b. 1974)
* Ben Carter (b. 1994)
* Ryan Claridge
Ryan Quinlan Claridge (born April 12, 1981) is an American former professional football linebacker. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New England Patriots in the 2005 season, but was released early during 2006 training camp ...
(b. 1981)
* Randall Cunningham
Randall Wade Cunningham Sr. (born March 27, 1963) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. He spent the majority of his career with the Philadelphia Eagles and is ...
(b. 1963)
* Cecil Fielder
Cecil Grant Fielder (; born September 21, 1963) is an American former professional baseball designated hitter and first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). Fielder was a power hitter in the 1980s and 1990s. He attended college at the Univers ...
(b. 1963)
* Joe Hawley (b. 1988)
* Larry Johnson (b. 1969)
* Ryan Ludwick
Ryan Andrew Ludwick (born July 13, 1978) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, an ...
(b. 1978)
* Shawn Marion
Shawn Dwayne Marion (born May 7, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Marion finished his career as a four-time NBA All-Star, a two-time member of the All- ...
(b. 1978)
* Keenan McCardell (b. 1970)
* Efren Navarro Efren or Efrén is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Efrén Echeverría (born 1932), musician guitarist, composer, and compiler from Paraguay
*Efrén Pérez Rivera (born 1929), former college professor and noted Puerto Rican envi ...
(b. 1986)
* Ryan Reeves
Ryback Allen Reeves (born Ryan Allen Reeves; November 10, 1981) is an American retired professional wrestler and YouTuber. He is best known for his tenure with WWE, where he performed under the ring name Ryback.
One of the eight finalists on ' ...
(b. 1981)
* Adam Scott (b. 1980)
* Reggie Theus
Reginald Wayne Theus (born October 13, 1957) is an American basketball coach and former player. He played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he was a two-time NBA All-Star. He is currently the men's basketball head co ...
(b. 1957)
* Matt Williams (b. 1965)
* Ickey Woods
Elbert L. "Ickey" Woods (born February 28, 1966) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL) from 1988 through 1991. He played college football for th ...
(b. 1966)
* Shaquille Murray-Lawrence (b. 1993)
* Bryson Stott (b. 1997)
Former Rebels in the entertainment world include:
* Chris Cox, Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ...
nominated record producer and DJ
* Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo
Tabitha A. D'umo (née Cortopassi) and Napoleon Buddy D'umo, known together as Nappytabs, are Emmy Award-winning married choreographers. They are best known for their choreography on the television show '' So You Think You Can Dance'' and for be ...
, Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...
-winning choreographers
* Guy Fieri
Guy Ramsay Fieri (, ; Ferry; born January 22, 1968) is an American restaurateur, author, and an Emmy Award winning television presenter. He co-owned three now-defunct restaurants in California. He licenses his name to restaurants in cities a ...
(b. 1968), chef, restaurateur, and Food Network
Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery, who manages and operates it as a division of the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group. The channel airs both televi ...
star
* Ginger Fish
Kenneth Robert Wilson, better known by his stage name Ginger Fish, is an American musician best known for playing drums for Marilyn Manson (band), Marilyn Manson from 1995 to 2011. Like Marilyn Manson, which combines the names of an iconic bea ...
(b. 1965), band member of Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He is the lead singer and the only original member remaining of the Marilyn Manson (band), same-titled band he founded in 1989. Th ...
* Brian Garth (b. 1979), sound engineer, producer, songwriter and guitarist for American rock band Black Camaro
* Ryan Higa
Ryan Higa (born June 6, 1990), also known as nigahiga ( ), is an American internet personality. Best known for his comedy videos on YouTube, Higa began making YouTube videos in 2006 and was one of the most popular creators on the platform in i ...
(b. 1990), YouTube personality
* Jimmy Kimmel
James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967), known professionally as Jimmy Kimmel, is an American television host, comedian, writer, voice actor, and producer. He has been the host and executive producer of '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', a late-n ...
(b. 1967), actor, comedian and late-night talk show
A late-night talk show is a genre of talk show, originating in the American Media, United States. It is generally structured around humorous monologues about the day's news, guest interviews, comedy sketches and music performances. It is charact ...
host of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!
''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', sometimes shortened to ''JKL'', is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, and broadcast on ABC. The nightly hour-long show tapes and is based out of the Hollywood Masonic Temple in Hollywo ...
''
* Suge Knight
Marion Hugh "Suge" Knight Jr. ( ; born April 19, 1965) is an American former record executive, former National Football League, NFL player, and convicted felon, who is the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Knight was a central f ...
(b. 1965), entrepreneur and CEO of Death Row Records
Death Row Records is an American record label that was founded in 1991 by The D.O.C., Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, and Dick Griffey. The label became a sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by West Coast-based artists such as Dr. D ...
, also played football at UNLV
* Tomi Lahren
Tomi Rae Augustus Lahren (; born August 11, 1992) is an American conservative political commentator and television presenter. She hosted ''Tomi'' on TheBlaze, where she gained attention for her short video segments called "Final Thoughts", in w ...
(b. 1992), American conservative political commentator and former host of the show "Tomi" for TheBlaze
Blaze Media is an American conservative media company. It was founded in 2018 as a result of a merger between TheBlaze and CRTV LLC. The company's leadership consists of Chief executive officer, CEO Tyler Cardon and president Gaston Mooney. ...
* Bryan Le (b. 1996), YouTube personality
* Kenny Mayne
Kenneth Wheelock Mayne (born ) is an American former sports media personality who is best known for his work on ESPN from 1994 to 2021. He appeared as host of ''Kenny Mayne's Wider World of Sports'' on ESPN.com, and he appeared as a weekly cont ...
(b. 1959), ESPN
ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...
sports journalist
* Tom Miller (b. 1976), artist, singer, and songwriter for American rock band Black Camaro
* Ronnie Vannucci
Ronald Vannucci Jr. (born February 15, 1976) is an American musician, best known for being the drummer for the rock band the Killers. He is also involved in a side project called Big Talk and became the drummer of the Rentals in 2018.
Early l ...
(b. 1976), drummer for the American rock band The Killers
The Killers are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2001 by Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards, bass) and Dave Keuning (lead guitar, backing vocals). After the band went through a number of short-term bas ...
* Eric Whitacre
Eric Edward Whitacre (born January2, 1970) is an American composer, conductor, and speaker best known for his choral music.
Early life
Whitacre was born in Reno, Nevada, to Ross and Roxanne Whitacre. He studied piano intermittently as a child a ...
(b. 1970), Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor
* Anthony E. Zuiker
Anthony E. Zuiker (pronounced ; born August 17, 1968) is an American television writer, television producer, and author best known as the creator of ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. He produced all 5 editions of the CSI (franchise), franchis ...
(b. 1968), creator and executive producer of the CSI television series franchise
* Dan "Tito" Davis (b. 1953), international fugitive and author
UNLV has also produced politicians, including:
* Irene Bustamante Adams (b. 1968), former Nevada State Assemblywoman
* Nelson Araujo
Nelson Araujo (born October 24, 1987) is an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly.
Early life
Araujo was born in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1987. His parents were refugees from the Salvadoran Civil War. He was ra ...
(b. 1987), former Nevada State Assemblyman
* Bob Beers (b. 1959), former Las Vegas City Councilman, former Nevada State Senator and former Nevada State Assemblyman
* Shelley Berkley
Shelley Berkley (née Rochelle Levine; born January 20, 1951) is an American businesswoman, politician and attorney who has served as Mayor of Las Vegas, mayor of Las Vegas since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic ...
(b. 1951), former U.S. Representative
The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of th ...
* James Bilbray
James Hubert Bilbray (May 19, 1938 – September 19, 2021) was an American politician, lawyer, and postal executive who served four terms as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Nevada's 1st congressional district ...
(1938–2021), former U.S. Representative
* Nicole Cannizzaro
Nicole Jeanette Cannizzaro (born January 19, 1983) is an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician currently serving in the Nevada Senate. She represents the Nevada's 6th Senate district, 6th district, which covers parts of ...
(b. 1983), Nevada State Senator
* Zach Conine
Zachary Beare Conine (born October 20, 1981) is an American attorney, businessman and politician who has served as the 23rd Treasurer of the U.S. state of Nevada since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he announced his campaign for Nevada ...
(b. 1981), Nevada State Treasurer
The Nevada state treasurer is an independent constitutional officer in the executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Nevada. The State Treasurer's Office is based in Carson City, Nevada. Twenty-three individuals have occupied the off ...
* John Ensign
John Eric Ensign (born March 25, 1958) is an American veterinarian and former politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 2001 until his resignation in 2011 amid a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into his attempts to ...
(b. 1958), former U.S. Senator
The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the authority under Article One of the ...
and former U.S. Representative
* Edgar Flores
Edgar is a commonly used masculine English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Edgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and '' gar'' "spear").
Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the Late Middle Ages; it was, howeve ...
(b. 1986), Nevada State Assemblyman
* Lucy Flores
Lucy Flores (born October 24, 1979) is an American lawyer and former politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a member of the Nevada State Assembly representing the 28th district in the eastern Las Vegas Valley from 2010 to 2014. ...
(b. 1979), former Nevada State Assemblywoman
* Jason Frierson
Jason Frierson (born 1970) is an American lawyer and politician from Nevada who served as the United States attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, District of Nevada from 2022 until 2025. He was a member of the N ...
(b. 1970), Nevada State Assemblyman
* Chris Giunchigliani
Christina R. Giunchigliani (; born November 27, 1954), commonly known as Chris G., is an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as a Clark County Commissioner from 2007 until 2019. Giunchigliani has been active in Nevada politic ...
(b. 1954), former Vice Chair of the Clark County Commission
The Clark County Commission is the governmental organization that governs and runs Clark County, Nevada, providing services to the unincorporated areas. Its offices are located at the Clark County Government Center in Downtown Las Vegas.
Compos ...
and former Nevada State Assemblywoman
* Carolyn Goodman
Carolyn Goodman ( Goldmark; born March 25, 1939) is an American politician who served as mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 2011 until 2024. She is the second female mayor of Las Vegas and is married to former mayor and attorney Oscar Goodman. Sh ...
(b. 1939), Mayor of Las Vegas
The following is a list of people who have served as mayors of Las Vegas. Starting with Mr. Peter Buol the first mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada from 1911 to 1913.
List of mayors of Las Vegas
See also
* Las Vegas history and timeline
References
...
* Gregory Hafen II, Nevada State Assemblyman
* Scott Hammond (b. 1966), Nevada State Senator and former Nevada State Assemblyman
* Mark Hutchison
Mark Alan Hutchison (born May 5, 1963) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 34th lieutenant governor of Nevada from 2015 to 2019. He was elected to the Nevada State Senate on November 6, 2012, to represent Senate District 6 ...
(b. 1963), former Lieutenant Governor of Nevada and former Nevada State Senator
* Sandra Jauregui
Sandra Jauregui (born October 31, 1983) is an American politician from Nevada. In 2023 she became the Democratic majority leader of the Nevada Assembly. She represents the 41st district, which covers parts of the southern Las Vegas Valley. A surv ...
(b. 1983), Nevada State Assemblywoman
* Ruben Kihuen
Rubén Jesús Kihuen Bernal (; born April 25, 1980) is an American politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives for , serving from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was a member of the N ...
(b. 1980), former U.S. Representative, former Nevada State Senator and former Nevada State Assemblyman
* Joe Lombardo
Joseph Michael Lombardo ( ; born November 8, 1962) is an American politician and former law enforcement officer serving as the 31st governor of Nevada since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 17th sheriff of Clark County from 20 ...
(b. 1962), Governor of Nevada
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' ma ...
, former Sheriff of Clark County
The Sheriff of Clark County, officially The Sheriff of the County of Clark, is the chief law enforcement officer of Clark County, Nevada. The Sheriff heads the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, is elected by the citizens of Clark County, ...
* Marilyn Dondero Loop
Marilyn Dondero Loop (born 1951, in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American politician and a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Nevada Senate since November 2018, representing Nevada's 8th Senate district, District 8. She was pr ...
(b. 1951), Nevada State Senator and former Nevada State Assemblywoman
* James Ohrenschall (b. 1972), Nevada State Senator and former Nevada State Assemblyman
* David Parks (b. 1943), Nevada State Senator and former Nevada State Assemblyman
* Keith Pickard
Keith Pickard (born 1962) is a former Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Nevada Senate. He represented the Nevada's 20th Senate district, 20th district, which covers parts of the southern Las Vegas Valley. Pickard formerly ...
(b. 1962), Nevada State Senator
* David Roger
David Jeanjoseph Roger (born July 28, 1961) is an American attorney and politician. He served as District Attorney of Clark County from January 6, 2003, to January 3, 2012. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Roger was born on July 28, 19 ...
(b. 1961), former Clark County District Attorney
* Steve Sisolak
Stephen F. Sisolak ( ; born December 26, 1953) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 30th governor of Nevada from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served on the Clark County Commission from 2009 to 201 ...
(b. 1953), Governor of Nevada
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' ma ...
and former Chair of the Clark County Commission
* Kim Wallin
Deborah Ruth "Kim" Wallin (born October 20, 1956) is an American accountant and politician. She was the Nevada State Controller. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
As of 2024 she is the most recent State Controller to have served two term ...
(b. 1956), former Nevada State Controller
The Nevada state controller is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Nevada. Twenty-two individuals have held the office of State Controller since statehood. The incumbent is Andy Matthews, a Republic ...
* Joyce Woodhouse (b. 1944), Nevada State Senator
* Bill Young William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist
* William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambe ...
(b. 1956), former Sheriff of Clark County
Other notable alumni include:
* Francis J. Beckwith
Francis J. "Frank" Beckwith (born November 3, 1960) is an American philosopher, professor, scholar, speaker, writer, and lecturer.
He is currently professor of philosophy and church-state studies, affiliate professor of political science and a ...
(b. 1960), Christian philosopher
* George J. Maloof, Jr. (b. 1964), President of Maloof Hotels and former owner of the Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Confere ...
* Danny Tarkanian
Daniel George John Tarkanian (born December 18, 1961) is an American attorney, businessman and perennial candidate for elective office. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he has mounted unsuccessful campaigns for the Nevada Senate (2 ...
(b. 1961), attorney, businessman, perennial candidate
A perennial candidate is a political candidate who frequently runs for elected office and rarely, if ever, wins. Perennial candidates are most common where there is no limit on the number of times that a person can run for office and little cost ...
and son of former basketball head coach Jerry Tarkanian
Jerry Tarkanian (August 8, 1930 – February 11, 2015) was an American basketball coach. He coached college basketball for 31 seasons over five decades at three schools. He spent the majority of his career coaching with the UNLV Runnin' Reb ...
* Justin Favela
Justin Favela (born 1986, Las Vegas) is an American mixed-media artist who is known for making large-scale installations and sculptures in the piñata style or medium. His work references pop culture, art history, society, cultural commentary, and ...
(b. 1986), Mixed-Media Artist
See also
* National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment
The National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment (NSCEE), is a supercomputing facility housed at UNLV in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was established in 1989 by an act of Congress, PL-101. The facility is used to address a wide variety ...
, a supercomputing facility located on campus.
Explanatory notes
References
External links
*
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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