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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant [a] research university in Paradise, Nevada, United States. [3] The 332-acre (134 ha) [6] campus is about 1.6 mi (2.6 km) east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969.
In 1951, an extension campus was created in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1957, the extension became the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. [3] In 1971, the College of Southern Nevada was founded to serve the growing population of Nevada. The most recent public college is Nevada State University in Henderson, Nevada, which was founded in 2002.
Former Big West members UNLV and Pacific won national championships while part of the conference. The UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball team won the 1990 NCAA tournament championship after routing Duke 103-73 in the national title game. UNLV was undefeated during the 1991 NCAA men's basketball season before falling to Duke in the final four.
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas; University of Nevada, Reno; The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, [16] is technically considered a land-grant university according to the attorney-general of Nevada, [17] but has received minuscule land-grant benefits as compared to the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), and does not have an agricultural program. [18]
As another mass shooting traumatizes a college campus -- this time the University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- California universities point to tools developed to protect students, staff and faculty.
It took nearly 40 years, but No. 24 UNLV (11-3) clinched an 11-win season — tying the program's single-season Football Bowl Subdivision record — with a 24-13 win over California (6-7 ...
The Lied Library building (pronounced LEED) is located on the University of Nevada's Las Vegas (UNLV) campus in Paradise, Nevada. At 5 stories high and 302,000 square feet (28,100 m 2), it is the largest building on the campus. The Architect of Record was Welles Pugsley Architects. It first opened on January 8, 2001.