Greenspun College of Urban Affairs News
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Current Urban Affairs News
Some of the biggest news headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.
From City Hall to campus: UNLV's new director of advocacy champions policies to empower students and communities.
UNLV alumna and Foundation graphic designer Amelia Davis embraces her fourth annual holiday card with creativity and gratitude.
As the weather starts to finally feel like fall, students give their take on the UNLV experience.
Setting up students for success is the goal for this School of Social Work field liaison.
Dave Valenta is quick to credit his UNLV degree for helping him climb the law-enforcement ladder. Now the Urban Affairs Alumnus of the Year is back on campus prepping the next generation of justice seekers.
Urban Affairs In The News
’Tis the season for giving, and the latest World Giving Index shows that the United States is the sixth most generous country in the world. U.S. donors in 2024 still gave over $592 billion to charity, with 66% of the funds coming directly from individuals, according to Giving USA.
In the Bay Area, you can sometimes identify the people most worried about AI by the smiling octopus decal they stick to their computer or hoodie.
Regulators have hit Elon Musk's The Boring Company with fines for almost 800 different environmental violations they said have taken place as part of the company's Las Vegas tunneling project, ProPublica reported.
The 2025 Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit is set to take place next month in Downtown Las Vegas. Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) and Las Vegas Sands are teaming up to hold the event on Friday, November 14th, at the Historic Fifth Street School. They say with the support from the UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the ninth annual Summit will continue to ignite the statewide Movement to End Youth Homelessness by charting the path to build the state’s first standalone plan to end youth homelessness.
Nevada state regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of violating environmental regulations nearly 800 times in the last two years as it digs a sprawling tunnel network beneath Las Vegas for its Tesla-powered “people mover.” The company’s alleged violations include starting to dig without approval, releasing untreated water onto city streets and spilling muck from its trucks, according to a new document obtained by City Cast Las Vegas and ProPublica.
Nevada state regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of violating environmental regulations nearly 800 times in the last two years as it digs a sprawling tunnel network beneath Las Vegas for its Tesla-powered “people mover.” The company’s alleged violations include starting to dig without approval, releasing untreated water onto city streets and spilling muck from its trucks, according to a new document obtained by City Cast Las Vegas and ProPublica.
