Arnie DeGeorge sat weeping in an airport bar in Toronto as a television broadcast images from his hometown of Las Vegas.

A new initiative looks to reduce gender and minority gaps in STEM classrooms. Rachael Robnett, a University of Nevada-Las Vegas psychology professor, discussed two major barriers preventing women and other underrepresented minorities from succeeding in STEM.

A lawsuit was filed against UNLV Thursday, urging the school’s University of Medicine to re-open the Nevada Care Program.

It didn’t take long for people to spin elaborate scenarios about the events of October 1. Suddenly, conspiracy theories were local—and struck a nerve. The speculation triggered painful memories and seemed to delegitimize survivors’ personal experiences. So, how to proceed when a friend posts a cringe-worthy conspiracy on social media?

Back in September, we told you about Hailey Dawson, a 7-year-old girl with a 3D printed hand and a dream to throw out the first pitch at every MLB ballpark. To recap: Bleacher Report tweeted a video introducing us to Hailey, a bunch of MLB teams responded and within a week it was decided that Hailey would throw out the first pitch at Game 4 of the World Series.

In search of someone to help print a hand for Hailey, Engineers at UNLV’s Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering took on the project using Stratasys Fortus 250mc 3D printer. By 2015, Hailey was throwing her first opening pitch at a UNLV Rebels baseball game, which quickly led to an MLB game.

Scott Abella began researching changes in plant life in the Oak Openings in 2002 as an undergraduate intern from Grand Valley State University in Michigan. Fifteen years later, Dr. Abella, assistant professor in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, continues his research on his summer breaks.

A Las Vegas family is preparing for a trip of a lifetime.

A new report highlights the inequities still present in society that disproportionately burden African American, Native American and Latino children.