Daniel Waqar, a Muslim and a man of peace, will speak to his fellow UNLV graduates at Saturday’s 2 p.m. commencement. His theme will be diversity, which is appropriate for a university where half the students are minorities.

One local young woman leads a team of UNLV students who dedicate time out of their busy class schedules to give back to Las Vegas.

A UNLV honors student is helping take care of the homeless in Las Vegas.

When Hunter Hopewell won a first-place award for his film "Numbskull" at the Peace in the Streets Global Film Festival, he found out via email. The same email asked if he could make it to the award ceremony at the United Nations in New York City. He had to decline because there was an inconvenient ocean in the way.

A forty-time award winning filmmaker at the UNLV Honors College wins the first place prize in the Peace in the Streets Global Film Festival! Hunter Hopewell traveled to the United Nations to receive his prize and shares what it's like to be awarded such an honor and what he plans to do after his college career.

Hunter Hopewell, a 19-year-old award-winning filmmaker and a junior at UNLV's Honors College, has been awarded first place in the 14 to 18 year old category at the Peace in the Streets Global Film Festival.

When Kiran Mathew received her UNLV diploma Tuesday, the newly minted college graduate already had a resume stuffed with professional achievements.

One day before the San Bernardino attack - and just a couple of weeks after the terror attack in Paris - Naweed Yusufzai decide to do a test.

I was scrolling through my Facebook News Feed Thursday morning when a shared status update with multiple photos caught my eye. It was written by someone I didn’t know, UNLV student Naweed Yusufzai, who had blindfolded himself near a busy campus walkway.

As the world faces more mass shootings, some suggest the violence is also creating an unfair culture of blame and a divided community.

UNLV student Naweed Yusufzai stood blindfolded on a walkway at UNLV to promote acceptance, love, and trust for one another as a Muslim through hugs on Friday.

When we think about how cities grow and evolve, we often overlook a key to that growth: airports.