UNLV has seen record enrollment — contrary to state and national higher education trends — thanks to a restructured financial aid office and implementation of UNLV Rebel EDGE, a program that combines federal, state, and institutional aid to offer low-income full-time students free tuition and fees for up to 15 credits. Spring enrollment for degree-seeking undergraduates at UNLV was up 3%, compared to last year. Enrollment for degree-seeking graduates was even higher, with a recorded a 9% increase in student enrollment.

The Student Wellness and Recreation Center debuted a new climbing wall for students, staff, and faculty to flex their skills. At 43 feet tall, it stands as the tallest indoor climbing wall in Las Vegas with six total anchor lines and two auto-belays. The entire wall has permanent quick draws for lead climbing, and the problems and routes are reset bi-weekly so that the UNLV community can always experience a fresh climb.

The UNLV Research Foundation unanimously approved an agreement to oversee development of the Nevada Studios Campus, a 34-acre media production and multi-use facility complex at the university’s Harry Reid Research & Technology Park. The complex will feature a media lab and motion picture studio buildings for film and television, and will support vocational training, internships, and research and workforce development opportunities for both K-12 and higher education partners throughout Nevada.

Six students in the UNLV Jazz & Commercial Music program were winners of the DownBeat Student Music Awards, considered among the most notable international awards in jazz education. This year's awards contribute to the Jazz & Commercial Music program's impressive track record, which boasts 50 DownBeat Student Music Awards since 2010.

Nearly 100 car enthusiasts rallied to join the university's inagural car show, sponsored by President Keith E. Whitfield and UNLV Alumni Association. The Rebel Ride, Whitfield's own ’69 Chevy Blazer, also made an appearance. The car show was an opportunity for community members to visit UNLV and for alumni to reconnect with the campus.

World-renowned Alzheimer’s researcher and UNLV professor Jeffrey Cummings’ highly regarded 2024 annual report was featured in a journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. As the co-director of the Alzheimer’s drug development observatory within UNLV’s Department of Brain Health — the only observatory of its kind in the world —  Cummings' data for the annual Alzheimer’s drug development pipeline report keeps policy makers, healthcare systems, and patients apprised of the updates taking place among Alzheimer’s clinical trials.

Paragon Gaming has committed $1 million to the UNLV Athletics RebelUp campaign to help launch a new career development program at UNLV for female student-athletes. The Diana Bennett Career Development Program for Women's Sports will provide internship programming, resume-building, networking, job shadowing, externship programs, skills training, etiquette training, and more.

An interdisciplinary UNLV team — backed by a $2.1 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy — is innovating a unique, clean energy solution to replace blast furnace technology, a centuries-old steel production method that has long powered the iron and steel industry. Over the next three years, the team will pioneer a technology that can “scale up and compete” with the industry-standard blast furnace method, ultimately lowering the industry's carbon footprint.