On Monday, I met some very smart people.

The woman who has almost single-handedly forged UNLV’s new medical school is leaving her post.​

When it comes to the word education, what comes to mind? Maybe days as a child on the playground.

On Shadow Lane, it’s crunch time. The last exam of the semester is coming up in two weeks for the inaugural class of 60 students at UNLV’s new medical school.

The turmoil surrounding UNLV President Len Jessup in recent weeks spilled directly into the university’s School of Medicine, where Dean Barbara Atkinson found herself facing uncertainty over whether she would be allowed to remain at the head of the school.

The founding dean of UNLV’s medical school will be on the job for at least another year.

Uncertainty over the leadership of the UNLV School of Medicine has been resolved, at least in the near-term.

It's been a rough month for UNLV President Dr. Len Jessup. Reports surfaced two weeks ago that Jessup was told in January to quit or be fired.