News: Division of Research
Research explores the natural attraction that kids with autism have for computers.
Sponsored program funding serves as one indication of research growth and sophistication
Why embrace research during tough economic times?
Meet some of the researchers at 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó who are conducting nationally recognized work studying space and the mysteries of the cosmos.
While drought conditions in the West continue to produce record drops in water levels at Lake Mead, a rising tide of research at 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó seeks to address some of the region’s most pressing water issues.
51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó faculty demonstrate that research is actually the mother of invention – although necessity certainly got them thinking.
The work of one 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó master’s student and her supervisor on the psychological and social consequences of gastric bypass surgery led them to compile their findings in a new book, which explores the reasons why patients undergo the procedure and the varied ways that the dramatic weight loss changes their lives.
A new book by the director of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó Center for Gaming Research takes the reader through gambling’s historic timeline, from the earliest origins of using bones for dice up to the development of the high-tech resort casinos of today.
Director of the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies Ardyth Broadrick Sohn has written a book about her time in Huntsville, Texas, examining how the community’s culture and industry are shaped by the local prison facility and legal executions performed there.
Many Renaissance plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries are highly regarded today, but 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó English professor Charles Whitney researched historical documents to uncover what audience members of the time period thought of the dramatic performances.
History professor Eugene Moehring is a respected scholar on urban history issues and the West. But the Harry Reid Silver State Research Award recipient says the students are still the most important part of the research equation.
Increasing the number of graduates is still a priority, but 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó’s School of Nursing also seeks to build its research and enhance understanding of the endeavor.