The School of Environmental and Public Affairs conducts interdisciplinary research on and offers degree programs in both environmental studies and public administration. It also oversees the solar and renewable energy programs that are supportive of UNLV’s research agenda.
Created and approved by the Board of Regents in September 2009, the school — part of the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs — merges the faculty and staff from the Department of Environmental Studies and the Department of Public Administration into one academic unit.