Dina Titus has chosen her special guest for President Joe Biden’s upcoming State of the Union Address. On Wednesday, Rep. Titus announced that she had selected UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield as her special guest for the event, slated to take place on Thursday, March 7.

A Las Vegas casino can be sensory overload with its flashy slots, cheering patrons and mixed smells of perfumes and smoking patrons. But the sensory overload often doesn’t stop there. Right under a visitor’s feet is often a pathway of busy patterns, sometimes with colorful art that connects to the casino’s theme.

Every day, thousands of tourists flock to the Bellagio Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip to see the “Fountains of Bellagio,” a choreographed show involving light, music and more than 1,000 fountains shooting water up to 460 feet into the air. This week, a rare bird decided to join them.

The Clark County School Board voted Wednesday to find a firm to help decide the kind of search the district should pursue for its next superintendent. The decision comes as community groups including the Clark County Education Association (CCEA) and the Vegas Chamber called for a nationwide superintendent search that they say could attract the broadest pool of candidates and aid the board in finding the best leaders to help the district move forward.

Researchers identified sildenafil, known commercially as Viagra, as a promising candidate for treating Alzheimer’s disease. Leveraging artificial intelligence the team analyzed vast amounts of data, including insurance claims and brain cell observations, to highlight sildenafil’s potential benefits in reducing Alzheimer’s prevalence and neurotoxic proteins.

A first-of-its-kind facility is opening up here in the valley. A ribbon cutting Tuesday morning opened the T-Mobile Business Customer Experience Center. Officials say the center will provide a modern, employee experience-focused workplace that empowers career growth and prioritizes health and wellness.

MGM Resorts International and BetMGM have announced new initiatives in collaboration with mental health service provider Kindbridge designed to support problem gambling research and mental health services.

Selfishness (matsara or swartha) is an action in which one is concerned exclusively or overly with one’s profit, pleasure, or gain without regard for the welfare of others and often at the expense of others. Selflessness, on the other hand, is placing the welfare of others before one’s own. One cannot be completely selfless to the extent of neglecting one’s priorities or purpose in life. At the same time, one should not be completely selfish, so much so that one completely neglects the needs and wants of others in fulfilling one’s objectives. What is needed is a happy balance between selfishness and selflessness.

UNLV held its annual State of the University address on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at which President Keith Whitfield laid out his main focuses going forward. The 2024 address was Whitfield’s fourth address as UNLV’s President. His contract was renewed on March 1 for four more years.