Speaking at a diversity-focused event at UNLV on Friday, Ambassador Attallah Shabazz, the eldest daughter of Malcolm X, connected the youth activists of today to those who led the Civil Rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s.

The Nevada System of Higher Education convened nearly 500 educators at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Friday for its 8th annual Southern Nevada Diversity Summit under the theme, “Nurturing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.”

Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll travel to Las Vegas, Nevada…and talk to someone who has created an office of diversity at universities on both sides of the country.

The academic year is well underway and already campuses are grappling with many of the same issues that characterized the turbulence of 2017-18. Among them, free speech concerns, the ongoing debate over the efficacy of affirmative action admissions policies and increasing urgency around the need to manage rising tuition costs.

A few weeks after U.S. News and World Report ranked UNLV as one of the most diverse college campuses in the country, another report gave the university average marks for black student access and equity.

College campuses are more diverse, global and polarized than ever — and everyone is on social media, said Barbee Oakes, chief diversity officer at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during a panel held by the Education Writers Association this week in Las Vegas. That's raising the stakes for higher ed crisis response in an era defined by increased unrest concerning issues of diversity and civility on campus.

UNLV takes the wraps off this week on a new one-stop multicultural resource center that’s intended to serve one of the most diverse student populations in the country.

With 40 million visitors a year, Las Vegas’ economy is driven by tourist-- just like Orlando.

UNLV President Len Jessup is pledging to end violence on campus.

Neither UNLV's Rebel nickname nor its Hey Reb! mascot have ties to the Confederacy, according to a report released Monday by the university.

UNLV President Len Jessup says the school needs to keep "Rebels" as its nickname after new research concluded it's not a reference to the Confederacy.

UNLV President Len Jessup today announced his support for the university’s Rebels nickname and mascot, despite recent protests by students who assert they are symbols of racism.