As health officials continue to identify new cases of the novel coronavirus here in the US, outbreaks in places like Italy and China are exploding on an even larger scale. As a result, the University of Nevada, Reno just announced it was calling students who are studying abroad back home.

Some of Las Vegas’ top chefs have been added to the lineup for the Evolution Las Vegas Food and Wine Experience, scheduled for April 18 at the new Caesars Forum conference center. Nobu Matsuhisa, Guy Savoy, Buddy Valastro and Steve Martorano will join Bobby Flay for the festival’s inaugural edition. Actor John O’Hurley has also signed on to serve as the evening’s host.

As the number of confirmed COVID-19 continues to rise, a message health officials continue to repeat is to stop, or limit, the number of times a person touches their face.

Heidi Gorovitz Robertson served as the Academician on the ABA Section on Legal Education’s site team visiting the University of Nevada-Las Vegas for its sabbatical site evaluation for reaccreditation. Robertson’s assignment was to gather and report to the ABA facts pertaining to UNLV Law School’s Program of Legal Education. The site team spent 3 days at UNLV meeting with administrators, faculty, staff, and students, observing classes, and reviewing documents. Over the next 4 to 6 weeks, the team with compile a lengthy report for the ABA on this visit.

The casino employees are the front line soldiers in the battle to contain any potential transmission of COVID 19. Hotels and casinos are releasing few details about plans if an outbreak takes place in Las Vegas.

A team of communication and journalism researchers recently published a study about sources of information and vaccination intention in the Atlantic Journal of Communication. The team included Carolyn A. Lin, a professor of communication, and Xiaowen Xu, a doctoral candidate in communication, both of UConn; and Linda Dam, a journalism professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Lin discussed the evolving role of communication and how it can influence our health care decisions with UConn Today.

UNLV faculty and student leaders are using some kids’ favorite things to get them energized about science and the possibility of a career in STEM during the university’s annual Rebel Science Camp.

Staying on top of the ever-evolving gaming world can be tricky, even for industry experts. And with technological advances—think facial recognition applications or learning-based robot card dealers—comes an entire set of challenges in adapting.

Today, instead of discussing a new book, I am convening a “New Books in African American Studies Roundtable” to talk with two historians early in their careers about their recent transitions from graduate school into the professorate, and some of the scholarly and public projects they are developing at their respective institutions.