The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Boyd Gaming have finalized a lease and partnership agreement to establish the Boyd Innovation Lab within UNLV's Black Fire Innovation building, located at the UNLV Harry Reid Research and Technology Park.

Boyd Gaming will bring its innovation center to a building at UNLV’s Harry Reid Research and Technology Park in a joint innovation and training effort, the company and university announced.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Democrat Jacky Rosen of Nevada, has introduced a bill to address nursing shortages in underserved communities.

The new activation presents an opportunity for UNLV's students to turn their ideas into real technology, products and businesses

The Nevada Forward Initiative, a program for teacher apprenticeships at the University of Nevada Las Vegas College of Education has been added to the Nevada State Apprenticeship Council.

Former longtime UNLV President Carol Harter died Thursday, three sources close to Harter confirmed late Friday. She leaves behind a legacy as both UNLV’s longest-serving and first female president, having steered the university during a time of surging growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

In 2014, due to a need for better health care in Las Vegas, the state Legislature approved the creation of a new school of medicine at UNLV, now called the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. The school was founded with an intended focal mission of caring for the Las Vegas community.

Some local elementary school students are all business – about business.