Yesterday, the feds signaled their approval for a long-awaited agreement between the Colorado River states — collectively, the lower basin states (Arizona, California, and Nevada) will reduce our water use by 3 million acre-feet by 2026. The hope is that we’ll be able to replenish our crucial reservoirs, including Lake Mead, the source of 90% of our city’s water. But damming rivers to create reservoirs isn’t without problems. So… was creating Lake Mead in the first place a mistake? Today, we’re bringing back a conversation co-host Dayvid Figler had with UNLV hydrologist Dr. David Kreamer, who explains the history of Lake Mead’s creation and why reservoirs can be so essential for cities — but also controversial.

“Hoots and derision—which did not worry me at all,” Lilian Bland wrote, describing her visit to an air show in Blackpool, England, in 1909. She’d been telling everyone there that she intended to build and fly her own airplane. They were unimpressed. Bland was undeterred. She built a DIY plane of bamboo, wood and fabric, with a bicycle handlebar for steering and an engine she carried from England back to her home in Ireland. But would the Mayfly, as she called it, fly?

It's been three months since tragedy struck at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas when gunman Anthony Polito opened fire, killing three professors and injuring a fourth professor inside Frank and Estella Beam Hall. In his State of the University Address on Tuesday, UNLV President Keith Whitfield and other faculty members recognized life on UNLV's campus is not what it once was before Dec. 6.

Mugundan Prakash moved to the United States from India last July to complete his degree, and he couldn’t imagine doing it at a better place than UNLV, he said. The 21-year-old graduate student, who majors in electrical engineering, has spent the past couple of months working on a drone that can test the soil of places affected by wildfires.

Mugundan Prakash moved to the United States from India last July to complete his degree, and he couldn’t imagine doing it at a better place than UNLV, he said. The 21-year-old graduate student, who majors in electrical engineering, has spent the past couple of months working on a drone that can test the soil of places affected by wildfires.

President Joe Biden is set to give his State of the Union address on Thursday, where he is expected to address the job market, aid to Ukraine, lower drug prices, and much more. He is also expected to promote his vision for a second term as the 2024 Election looms. Nevada lawmakers are also using the State of the Union address to highlight issues facing their constituents, such as labor, education, childcare, and public safety.

Years ago, you’d hear “public health,” and more than likely, you’d shrug. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. No one ignores it now. And the virus remains, people are still getting sick from it and experiencing long-term effects. But what’s its lethality today, has it weakened? Should we keep getting vaccinations?

To mark International Women’s Day, executive director Brett Abarbanel discusses how UNLV’s International Gaming Institute educational centre and programmes promote diversity, in particular, encouraging women to join the industry.