The Chronicle of Higher Education
U. OF NEVADA AT LAS VEGAS

For a Desert Campus, More Than Rocks and Cactus

In most parts of this city of neon and glitz, it's easy to forget — in fact, almost impossible to believe — that Las Vegas lies within the Mojave Desert.

Yet here at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, just a few miles from the...

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