The pandemic has brought on a new digital age with meetings, classes and even doctor's appointments going virtual.

Dr. Keith E. Whitfield is the first Black president at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

In a few years, the UNLV campus could look a lot different than it does now. There’s a new campus master plan out there. The university is also moving up in the ranks of research institutions; they’ve seen a 60 percent increase in research funding since being named a top tier institution in 2018. 

This year during Black History Month, News 3 is paying tribute to Black men and women becoming the first in their fields in real-time, right here in our valley.

UNLV President Keith Whitfield spent part of his annual state of the university address on Tuesday raving about the students and professors who are thriving at the institution.

UNLV rings in its spring semester on Tuesday with a mixture of in-person and hybrid classes.  

The Board of Regents voted 9-4 to approve a letter explicitly supporting and requesting the imposition of a new COVID vaccine mandate for more than 100,000 students across the Nevada System of Higher Education during a special meeting Friday, a symbolic move that could aid in the resurrection of such a mandate later this year. 

Despite more than a year and a half of fiscal and academic chaos spurred by the pandemic, two Nevada universities are set to maintain their status as Carnegie “R1” research universities under a preliminary classification announced late Wednesday.