In The News: Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering

The White House

UNLV has received funding from the federal government for cybersecurity education, enabling it to bring on fifty students per year as paid interns at its Free Cyber Clinic. Through this experience, students will get hands-on cyber experience from small business clients, training for the Security+ and Certified Ethical Hacker certifications plus exam fee support, and support for attending cybersecurity conferences such as DEFCON.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Nevada joins the nation in a shortfall of professionals within the cyber workforce, which the White House is taking measures to reverse as cyber threats evolve.

Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español

The three teenagers who died in a car crash in North Las Vegas last week weren't even old enough to have driver's licenses, according to the Clark County Coroner's Office.

Environmental Protection Agency

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $24,994 in funding for a student team at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV) as part of the Agency’s People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Program seeking solutions to environmental and public health challenges. The UNLV team, one of 21 award winners nationwide, is researching a cost-effective, simple process using agricultural waste biomass products to clean the drinking water supply.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Public safety officials around Clark County are becoming concerned about the recent surge in crashes involving motorcycles, including six over the past month, four of which were fatal.

KSNV-TV: News 3

UNLV is working to inspire the valley's next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Local high school students had the opportunity to test their skills at the university's annual GenCyber Camp.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

In a dark room inside UNLV’s Science and Engineering Building Friday morning, high schoolers were trying to escape. But, laughs and excited screams were heard on the other side of the door. UNLV students and faculty designed and built an escape room to teach them the necessity of cybersecurity.

Dayton Business Journal

Researchers from Texas A&M University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas also are involved in the project. They will share approximately $300,000 of the total award.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The future engineers are making their mark on local roads to improve transportation for drivers. The National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI) hosted a two-week program to give students the opportunity to envision and redesign streets across the valley.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The extended heat is causing elevated cases of heatstroke and burns.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Near record-breaking temperatures have arrived in Las Vegas, and many residents are feeling the heat.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Nevada’s Republican governor signed a bill on Wednesday in Henderson that increased the penalties for reckless drivers who kill someone while speeding.