Fall 2007
A Half Century of Rebels
50s | 60s | 70s | 80s | 90s | 00s
2000
The Women's
Research Institute
of Nevada is founded to
encourage high-quality research
on women.
The Stan Fulton Building, housing the International Gaming Institute, opens.
Hotel executive Glenn Schaeffer
establishes the International
Institute for Modern
Letters to support emerging
writers and combat censorship
worldwide.
2001
The UNLV Foundation
Building opens at a cost of $4.3 million,
giving the university's chief
fundraising arm vital space for
offices and meeting rooms.
The 301,000-square-foot, $58 million Lied Library opens, named for real estate entrepreneur Ernst W. Lied, with a robotic retrieval system, and hundreds of computer workstations.
The Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center — housing a library of thousands of recordings, a 300-seat recital hall, and recording studio and rehearsal rooms — is dedicated.
A four-story garage alleviates
the need for parking.
2002
The University
Research
Foundation is established to
help the university obtain and
manage highly specialized
federal research grants.
2003
The Saltman
Center for
Conflict Resolution opens to
provide a venue for studying the nature of conflict and how to avoid disputes. The Institute for Security Studies is established to address homeland security concerns.
The Lynn Bennett Early Childhood
Development Center
opens. The center supports
research conducted by faculty
and their students at the state-of-
the-art preschool.
2004
University College
opens to
improve graduation rates and
attract students seeking individualized
courses of study.
UNLV opens its first regional campus in the medical district, with a facility for the School of Dental Medicine and the Forensics and Biotechnology Center.
The School of Public Health is established to address new and emerging public health issues.
The Lied Library purchases its one-millionth volume, The General History of the Deeds of the Castilians in the Isles and Mainland of the Ocean Sea, which was printed between 1601 and 1615. It's on display in special collections.
The School of Nursing begins a
doctoral program to train muchneeded
nursing professors.
2005
The Air Force
ROTC program
is established on campus.
UNLV launches its first comprehensive campaign, Invent the Future, with the goal of raising $500 million by December 2008.
UNLV embarks on "Midtown UNLV," a public-private partnership to revitalize the Maryland Parkway area with cafes, art galleries, residences, and pedestrian-friendly walkways.
Construction begins on the
$113 million Science and Engineering
Building to support
interdisciplinary research.
2006
David B. Ashley
of the University
of California, Merced,
becomes president.
The regents raise the minimum GPA to 2.75 for admittance to UNLV.
The Harrah College of Hotel Administration opens UNLV's first international campus in Singapore to serve the growing Asian tourism industry.
2007
UNLV confers
more than
2,700 degrees during its 44th
commencement.
The Greenspun College of Urban Affairs breaks ground for the $94 million Greenspun Hall, which will showcase sustainable building technologies.
The Harrah's Foundation makes the largest corporate gift in UNLV history — $30 million — to support the Hotel College's INNovation Village, an academic and research facility.
The fall semester brings two new facilities built by students: an expanded Student Union and the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.
The School of Dental Medicine opens in 2001 to train students and to offer low-cost dental care to residents.
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