There are more than 7,900 graduate students in Nevada — 3,671 hailing from UNR and another 4,261 from UNLV. Roughly one-fifth of them are teaching or research assistants, meaning they’re tasked with leading undergraduate courses and labs while maintaining their own research and academic obligations. 

Americans face stay-at-home celebration again as some mayors scale back or cancel public events amid Covid surge.

The Board of Regents for Nevada’s higher education system could decide Thursday to overturn a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for employees, one day before nearly 550 workers who didn’t comply with the mandate face possible firing.

The passing of former Senator Harry Reid on Tuesday sparked a flood of tributes locally and nationally.

It’s the same routine each time. The initial feeling of dread that something isn’t quite right down there. The familiar sensation of burning that resonates from the urethra after urinating (or even just sitting down during the worst days). The frequent trips back and forth to the toilet.

UNLV history Professor Michael Green called Sen. Harry Reid, who died Tuesday, “possibly the most important Senate leader since Lyndon Johnson.”

Elena Brokaw’s work serves as a reminder of the tangible remains of American foreign interference and state-sanctioned violence in Guatemala — the pieces left over, decades after the collective American conscience has moved on.

A policy brief released this month says state transportation officials should consider routing the proposed Interstate-11 through eastern Nevada, not the western part of the state.

After former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s wife, Landra, announced his death today, messages of sympathy, respect and thanks from his many friends and colleagues started pouring in.