Three Square Food Bank, in collaboration with UNLV, is stepping up its efforts to provide emergency food assistance to the community on Saturday. The initiative aims to serve up to 1,000 local households on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. Community members received a 60-pound box of shelf-stable items and fresh produce through convenient drive-thru lines. UNLV President Chris Heavey and Vice President of Government and Community Engagement Constance Brooks joined forces with hundreds of volunteers to assist the community during a critical time.

Like most readers of the Review-Journal, I have closely followed the legislative debate over the past couple of years associated with the expansion of a film tax credit program in Nevada. Of course, as the president of UNLV, I have a vested interest in learning if and how it would directly aid our students, serve to lift up our campus community and contribute to the overall economic health and stability of our workforce.

Of the many nightlife options on the Las Vegas Strip, The Pinky Ring is unique. It’s not a concert venue per se, but once you’re inside, it’s impossible not to gravitate toward the stage, which floats at the edge of a cozy, rotunda-like room. A six-piece band supplies a steady stream of funk and R&B hits from the 1980s and ’90s, and the warm, pulsating sound has the exhilarating effect of a tabernacle choir. Everyone wears the dazed, relieved look of someone who’s stumbled into a party they actually want to be at.

President Donald Trump set off a flurry of questions with a recent social media post that puts Nevada squarely at the center of the ultimate hot button issue: nuclear testing.

President Donald Trump set off a flurry of questions with a recent social media post that puts Nevada squarely at the center of the ultimate hot button issue: nuclear testing.

Cannabidiol aka CBD, is a cannabis compound with big promise. It has been touted for its wide range of potential benefits, including its FDA-approved use as a treatment for seizures. As researchers strive to gain a deeper understanding of CBD, they also aim to make it more accessible. One team at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) may have found a solution—and it could already be in your kitchen.

Last week, a Virginia couple filed an emergency motion to stop President Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing, citing violations of federal preservation laws. To learn more about the history of the East Wing, LiveNOW’s Shawna Khalafi is speaking with Michael Green, an associate professor of history in UNLV's Department of History.

In a chamber beneath the Petit Ermitage Hotel in West Hollywood, 11 seekers gather around a seance table. Deliberately left without a medium to channel the dead, they’re sequestered with their imaginations, what the event organizer calls “the liminal space between belief and disbelief in the paranormal.”