Croughan joined UNLV around the same time as Maggie Farrell, Dean of University Libraries. Each has found a willing collaborator in the other — and this cross-department collaboration between the library and the research office has helped UNLV raise the profile of its faculty research while becoming an R1 institution in accelerated time.

UNLV expects the majority of its fall semester will be conducted in-person, according to a letter from university President Dr. Marta Meana.

For some classes, taking a test requires setting up a webcam so artificial intelligence-driven software can keep a watchful eye and sniff out would-be cheaters. For others, the Socratic method lives on via Zoom calls and Google Hangouts.

The president of UNLV’s School of Medicine says it’s likely that there are a lot more people who’ve had COVID-19 than we know about, which is why testing for the disease is so critical for the future.

It’s unnaturally quiet these days on the UNLV campus, which normally would be swirling with students preparing for final exams coming.

Students of the 2020 generation thought they would spend the spring like the older ones before them.

Joe Biden's shortlist for the Democratic vice presidential nomination includes a former two-term attorney general from a western state who was elected to the Senate in 2016.

The U.S. has gained a profound appreciation for nurses during the coronavirus pandemic, as they risk their lives every day to minimize the spread of the disease. That situation is made even more difficult by critical shortages of respirators, surgical masks, gloves, gowns and other necessary protective treatment. It's more important now than ever for states to step up and make sure that nurses are properly equipped to do their jobs and have the best work environment possible.

The voting process in the upcoming primary election in June has changed to a mail-in process, all in the hopes of fighting the spread of COVID-19.