Latino voters have the potential to swing the presidential election and several Senate races in November, but the group’s turnout remains a big question.

For those who wonder how preparations are going at UNLV for the third and final debate on October 19, look no further than the shipping containers that now line the parking lots around Thomas & Mack. They’re just one of the many indicators that the university is serious about ramping up security, namely in the form of canceled classes, traffic impacts and shuttles from satellite parking at the airport that will transport students and faculty to campus. Yet this historic event, happening just three weeks away from the end of the most bizarre election cycle we’ve ever seen, may just play a role in accelerating UNLV toward Tier 1 status.

On Friday afternoon, a law professor went for an afternoon jog in a park near her home, only to become the victim of a savage beating that left her bruised, bloodied, and barely breathing.

Grant a Gift Autism Foundation is opening up a new center in conjunction with UNLV. The UNLV Medicine Ackerman Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment Solutions will open Thursday.

UNLV is set to receive up to $5 million to help develop space exploration technology, the university announced today. The deal between the university’s Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin will last five years, UNLV said in a statement.

As a swing state, Nevada is always in the forefront during election season, but in just eight days, all eyes will truly be glued on Nevada for the final presidential debate which is being held in Las Vegas. It will be held on the campus of UNLV at the Thomas and Mack Center. Ever since the announcement, the excitement has continued to grow on the school's campus.

A University of Nevada, Las Vegas law professor was hospitalized after she was attacked in Henderson on Friday, police said. Leslie Griffin, who has taught constitutional law at the William S. Boyd School of Law since 2012, was near the intersection of Paseo Verde Parkway and Desert Shadow Trail when she was assaulted by a man, Henderson Police Department spokeswoman Michelle French said.

All over the UNLV campus, you'll see signs promoting the third and final presidential debate at UNLV's Thomas & Mack Center on October 19. University leaders know the event is a part of history.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries has been awarded a $210,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue work on a project to digitize historical Nevada newspapers.