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Las Vegas Sun

It took eight toddlers to hold the line. Standing between UNLV Interim Dean Chris Heavey and Joseph Morgan, interim dean of the College of Education, on Wednesday afternoon the children clutched a chain of colorful paper rings stretched across the entrance of the brand new Marlow Early Childhood Education Campus — until Morgan tore it in half, opening a new home for the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center and the UNLV/CSUN Preschool.

Las Vegas Sun

It took eight toddlers to hold the line. Standing between UNLV Interim Dean Chris Heavey and Joseph Morgan, interim dean of the College of Education, on Wednesday afternoon the children clutched a chain of colorful paper rings stretched across the entrance of the brand new Marlow Early Childhood Education Campus — until Morgan tore it in half, opening a new home for the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center and the UNLV/CSUN Preschool.

National Geographic

Here’s where the August 12 eclipse will be visible, what viewers can expect—and why even a partial eclipse requires proper eye protection.

Substack

John Mercer at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has published a brief report with Katsiaryna Afanasyeva and colleagues in the International Journal of Exercise Science on core temperature in triathletes swimming in warm open water, with and without a wetsuit.

Las Vegas Review Journal

More than 50 cannabis industry leaders and subject matter experts helped create the programs and are featured in the courses, which were developed in partnership with the cannabis education company Green Flower.

Las Vegas Review Journal

More than 50 cannabis industry leaders and subject matter experts helped create the programs and are featured in the courses, which were developed in partnership with the cannabis education company Green Flower.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Las Vegas’ mark of 3.46 pedestrian deaths per 100,000 is the fifth-highest in the study, trailing only Albuquerque, New Mexico (4.41), Mesa, Arizona (3.6), Phoenix, Arizona (3.6) and Tucson, Arizona (3.6), respectively. Its walk score is the 13th-lowest in the study. According to a news release by Kuru, the city’s walk score reflects “limited pedestrian infrastructure amid high tourism traffic and busy roadways.”

Nevada Current

The governor, a Republican, faces a reelection challenge in November from Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford. Polling has the race tied or Lombardo slightly ahead.