NASA is getting ready to launch its Mars 2020 rover mission, and a UNLV professor is helping with new discoveries.

Business Schools are going to be even more critical in shaping our agenda and recovery in the aftermath of Covid-19, assuming they can respond with agility to the astonishing breadth of challenges economies are now facing. The leadership skills needed to navigate countries and global companies out of the wreckage of Covid-19 over the next decade will not magically appear. In reality, the leadership education agenda needs an overhaul. Earlier in 2020 pre-pandemic the World Economic Forum demonstrated how higher education can adapt teaching to the new world of work. The starting point for this pivot always sits with the Business Schools to have a deeper understanding of how to effectively train leaders to be prepared and consciously build more pluralism in companies, communities and countries.

Celebrity magician and longtime Las Vegas resident Penn Jillette didn’t mince words when asked to describe what Sin City is like without live entertainment.

The Nevada System of Higher Education took a massive hit to its budget during the Nevada Legislature’s 31st special session, including an additional $25 million tacked on near the end of the session.

I have been researching and teaching about crime and justice for more than 40 years. My work has focused on the importance of race and social class in understanding the issues that people face in these systems. Within this broad area of concern is the relationship between the police and communities of color, especially Black communities. The use and abuse of force has been a constant throughout the history of this relationship. This was on full display when a video was released of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.

"Sin City" and "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" are popular phrases that pertain to the state of Nevada where human trafficking is a serious problem. However, another moniker for the state that you might not be aware of is "America's Disneyland of Sex," as used by Chariane K Forrey, a researcher at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In fact, many young people find themselves vulnerable to sex trafficking in Nevada's most popular city, Las Vegas.

UNLV may be getting a new president.

“When people ask me how I got this far, I say, ‘I don’t know,’” 24-year-old Jameelah Lewis says. “Statistically, the world was against me.”

The NSHE Board of Regents have appointed Dr. Keith Whitfield as the new UNLV President.