In just three years, local business owner Alexandra Lourdes has grown her TikTok following from zero to 1.9 million. The co-founder of Café Lola and Saint Honoré Doughnuts & Beignets uses the social media platform to give a “behind the scenes look” at what it’s like to be the owner of a restaurant and a working mom. The app has allowed her to reach more people and helped grow her business.

“There’s just something about the moon blocking the sun that intrigues people, and me too,” a UNLV student commented Thursday morning on campus when asked about the solar eclipse on Monday. But, how much of the moon’s coverage of the sun will depend on where you are.

The teacher shortage problem in Clark County has not been an easy fix. But one Dearing Elementary School teacher believes the University of Nevada, Las Vegas paraprofessionals pathway project could be the key to unlocking successful recruitment and retainment at Clark County School District.

Learning often takes place in a lab, but Baylor students have the opportunity to provide direct patient care to people in Panama. In partnership with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas chapter, Baylor students can volunteer with Global Medical Brigades — an international movement advocating for sustainable health care systems — to gain hands-on experience in the medical field.

Local students are one step closer toward their business careers after winning a big scholarship. Fifth-graders at Fay Herron Elementary School competed for a $15,000 donation through the Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada's (JASN) entrepreneurship program.

Young artists brought their vision to life on the largest screen in Las Vegas. The Sphere XO Student Design Challenge invited 30 UNLV students and 30 CCSD high schoolers for art training events. Selected artists used a VR headset pre-loaded with XO Creator to design artwork on the Exosphere, the Sphere's 580,000 square-foot LED exterior.

Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman performed there. Gladys Knight and Wayne Newton had residencies in its theatre. Magicians Siegfried & Roy made their Las Vegas debut there. And James Bond checked into room 831 after saying, “I hear that the Hotel Tropicana is quite comfortable” in the movie “Diamonds are Forever.”

Yazmin Martinez, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was recognized as the 2023 doctoral student of the year by the Pacific Southwest Region University Center for her innovative research methods and achievements.

In recent years, millions of people across the United States have moved from Democratic cities to Republican suburbs, complicating the politics of swing states in a pivotal election year, according to a Stateline analysis.