Even for a city used to the limelight, the Oct. 19 presidential debate at UNLV is expected to bring unprecedented attention to Las Vegas.

Conservationists and other campaigners are urging President Obama to designate 1.7 million acres of the Canyon watershed a national monument before he leaves office

Soft robots have become an area of interest due to the fact that they would make possible tasks and environments previously unachievable by traditional and rigid robotic systems. For example, soft robots could get around in rough terrain or engage in more physical contact with the human body.

UNLV’s fall semester starts Aug. 29, representing the investment of nearly 30,000 degree-seekers in their future.

Unless Apple approves a séance app, we may never know what Shakespeare would think of Las Vegas. But this month we will find out what Las Vegas thinks of Shakespeare.

DISPATCH FROM THE BAYOU STATE: Roughly 70,000 Louisiana school children remain out of school because of flooding, and state Superintendent John White tells Morning Education that students in three districts won’t likely be back in class until after Labor Day. That’s down from the 22 districts (having a combined 200,000 students) that were out of school in the days following the devastating floods. East Baton Rouge, Livingston and Central Community districts remain closed for now. “We are steadily making progress and schools are coming back,” White said.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid’s looming retirement leaves quite the vacuum to fill in Nevada. The contest to replace one of the body’s longest-serving Democrats is labeled a toss-up between former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto (D) and Republican Rep. Joe Heck. And with Heck running for a promotion, he leaves behind an open playing field for his District 3 seat.

Mormons in Nevada want a reason to like Donald Trump.

Or at least the Republican ones — who make up the overwhelming majority of the Mormon community here — do.

Deirdre Clemente has spent much of her academic career studying 20th century American culture, particularly fashion and clothing and how, and why, people dress as they do.