Back-to-school season kicked off with an opening ceremony for the Marlow Early Childhood Education Campus on Wednesday at UNLV. The Marlow campus is an expansion of the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center and the UNLV/CSUN Preschool. The new campus will serve up to 80 additional preschool students and include space for early childhood and special education research.

The 12,500-square-foot Marlow Early Childhood Education Campus will serve as the hub for childcare and early childhood education learning opportunities at UNLV. The campus features multiple colorful buildings housing a conference room with smart technology; family lounges full of seating and activities for children; outdoor playground areas; green spaces; and more classrooms than the previous building.

It took eight toddlers to hold the line. Standing between UNLV Interim Dean Chris Heavey and Joseph Morgan, interim dean of the College of Education, on Wednesday afternoon the children clutched a chain of colorful paper rings stretched across the entrance of the brand new Marlow Early Childhood Education Campus — until Morgan tore it in half, opening a new home for the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center and the UNLV/CSUN Preschool.

It took eight toddlers to hold the line. Standing between UNLV Interim Dean Chris Heavey and Joseph Morgan, interim dean of the College of Education, on Wednesday afternoon the children clutched a chain of colorful paper rings stretched across the entrance of the brand new Marlow Early Childhood Education Campus — until Morgan tore it in half, opening a new home for the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center and the UNLV/CSUN Preschool.

A major expansion at UNLV opens the door for so many families. The Marlow Early Education Campus celebrated its grand opening Wednesday.

In 39 days spanning the months of June and July 2026, big-screen broadcasts, sights of colorful jerseys, and sounds of cheerful fans were nearly impossible to miss in Las Vegas. 

Students from UNLV’s Colleges of Fine Arts and Education collaborated to create hands-on learning experiences for children enrolled at the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center.

According to a 2017 study, ‘The Effects of Doodling on Recall Ability,’ by Jason Boggs, Jillian Cohen and Gwen Marchand at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, published in the journal Psychological Thought, free-form, unstructured doodling actually led to worse recall than either structured shading or plain note-taking. The type of doodling matters quite a bit.

Many students are enjoying their summer break, but it won’t be long before they are back at their desks for the new school year. This is also a time to think about the resources your child may need to succeed in school.

Psychologists have been doing research on if there is a definitive answer on whether it is a good or bad idea to listen to music while studying. Bridget Daleiden from the Department of Educational Psychology Leadership and Higher Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has joined to answer.

Walk into any college library and you will likely see students wearing headphones and listening to music. The idea that music can improve learning has been around for decades. The “Mozart Effect,” is the pop psychology myth, first hypothesized in a 1993 paper, that listening to classical music can help people retain and process new information. However, there is no single answer to whether music helps learners study or not.

Despite consistently falling enrollment and the staffing cuts that come with it at the Clark County School District, aspiring teacher Chris Nelson feels hopeful about his career prospects.