Overview

• The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division launched an investigation to determine whether UNLV denied equal treatment in violation of Title IV and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
• The review focuses on the university’s response to antisemitism on campus following demonstrations after the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel.
• Federal officials asked UNLV to describe the entities that handled post–Oct. 7 events and to provide a spreadsheet detailing all reports and complaints based on actual or perceived religion or national origin.
• The notification letter was signed by a DOJ official and Nevada’s acting U.S. attorney, Sigal Chattah.
• UNLV did not immediately respond to requests for comment as Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon emphasized that publicly funded universities must ensure nondiscrimination.