In The News: Greenspun College of Urban Affairs

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

It’s a big day for the Chuck Wagon at UNLV. Standout running back Charles Williams has become the first UNLV football player in history to be voted an academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Boston Globe

The historic Algonquin Club gets a multimillion-dollar makeover and its backers, Sandra and Paul Edgerley, hope the ‘Quin will be ‘a place where memorable encounters can lead to meaningful connections’ for its members.

Las Vegas Sun

Today, as Vice President Kamala Harris touches down at McCarran International Airport and kicks off her Las Vegas visit, she will walk by hundreds of TPS holders who keep the airport going.

Newswise

Anxiety about re-entering society as the world continues to grapple with the pandemic is real. How, then, do we move forward from the collective trauma of COVID-19?

Tesla Rati

TikTok creator Ricco Kimborough has come clean about a viral Tesla post where he supposedly took delivery of a Model S with an airbag unit that fell apart in his hands.

USA Today

Sometimes I've been met with confusion, sometimes I've been met with love. But I've learned coming out gets easier.

Las Vegas Sun

This past week, Rob Lang passed away far too early, after a lengthy battle with an illness that kept sapping his strength but never his determination and his will — right to the end.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The valley is mourning the loss of a man who contributed to the economic development of Las Vegas in more ways than one.

El Tiempo

Robert E. Lang, a UNLV professor who is credited with helping Las Vegas recover from the Great Recession and diversify its economy, died Monday of cancer complications. He was 62 years old.

Quartz

The US government’s definition of an American metropolis could change and some cities are concerned about being downgraded.

Las Vegas Sun

Southern Nevada lost a visionary and passionate advocate Monday with the death of Robert E. Lang.

Las Vegas Sun

“I want him,” I said, the first time I listened to Rob Lang speak to an audience.Thus began the Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West marriage.