News: Office of Community Engagement

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Business and Community |

More than 200 ÐÔÊӽ紫ý students have earned the Engelstad Scholarship since 2009, collectively completing more than 45,000 hours of community service.

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Campus News |

MGM College Opportunity Program at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý offers a flexible and affordable way for the company's employees to complete their degrees.

Portrait of Dr. Michelle Paul, psychologist and director of The PRACTICE Mental Health Clinic  at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý.
Business and Community |

ÐÔÊӽ紫ý psychologist Dr. Michelle Paul shares practical ways to put the hope back in the holiday season.

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Research |

ÐÔÊӽ紫ý communication studies professor and social media researcher Natalie Pennington unveils the biggest online dealbreakers, cling makers, and tips for culling your contact list.

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Business and Community |

Working with ÐÔÊӽ紫ý and Caesars Entertainment, Intel will provide state-of-the-art computing equipment and hands-on internships for ÐÔÊӽ紫ý students.

ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Professor Libby Hausrath
Research |

Libby Hausrath is one of just 10 scientists selected for NASA’s returned sample science team; will help decide which samples return to Earth from Mars 2020 mission.

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Campus News |

University surpasses 31,000 students for first time in 62-year history; ÐÔÊӽ紫ý students are also staying in school and graduating at higher rates.

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Research |

Collaboration to focus on sports-science, data analytics and student-athlete success.

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Business and Community |

Book draws upon the unique archives at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Libraries to document the development of the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden.

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People |

Alumna Vanessa Sanders finding new paths for isotopes therapeutic and diagnostic at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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Research |

Physicist Ashkan Salamat one of just 46 university professors nationwide – and the first from ÐÔÊӽ紫ý – selected for competitive award, which is now in its 10th year.

Beverly Rogers seated in home library
Arts and Culture |

University Libraries will host a guest lecture, "Victorian Connections and the Evolution of a Book Collector," with Rogers from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 3 at Lied Library.