Experts In The News

Las Vegas Sun

For the past 14 years, Paul Oh has been working with students at Drexel University to turn science fiction into reality.

Las Vegas Sun

One of the most powerful computers in the world is on its way to being connected to UNLV.

Las Vegas Sun

What a difference four years makes. In Fall 2010, Brookings Mountain West began program planning for a statewide gathering to discuss the broken Nevada economy. In January 2011, UNLV hosted an event—Nevada 2.0—in coordination with Brookings Mountain West, the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, the Secretary of State, and newly elected Governor Sandoval’s economic development advisors. Nevada was the state most damaged by the Great Recession. The state’s GDP stood well below its 2007 high and there appeared no immediate path to restore prosperity. But the Great Recession also provided Nevada a chance to rethink its entire approach to economic development.

Wall Street Journal

With the National Football League set to kick off its season in earnest Sunday, four of the league's 32 teams are entangled in lawsuits filed by former cheerleaders alleging improper pay and bad working conditions.

National Geographic

Some experts say modern humans should eat from a Stone Age menu. What's on it may surprise you.

Desert Companion

Gird yourself for Christmas dinner with Uncle Jasper, the family climate-change denier, with this talk by UNLV physics professor Michael G. Pravica

Toronto Star

If you paid close attention to TV coverage of last week’s Rogers Cup tennis tournaments you might have noticed that in terms of airtime, the women’s competition trumped the men’s event.