Boyd Gaming Corporation and the Boyd Family made major commitments to a multi-use indoor sports practice facility for UNLV.

UNLV athletics received a $6.5 million donation from Boyd Gaming Corporation and the Boyd family, the school announced Tuesday.

Less than three months after a deadly shooting took place on UNLV's campus; Students, faculty, and staff came together Tuesday for a mental health discussion. "If you want people to be vulnerable, you have to be vulnerable yourself," UNLV president, Keith Whitfield shared.

UNLV celebrated the opening of its Advanced Engineering Building on Friday as the university works to help accommodate one of its fastest growing programs.

The event will run from 3:30-5 p.m. on Feb. 27.

A team of researchers at the Desert Research Institute and UNLV is joining forces with other regional universities to study climate challenges in the water-scarce Southwest as part of the project funded by the National Science Foundation.

UNLV President Keith Whitfield was among those honored.

It has been almost two months since a deadly shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas left three university staff members dead.