UNLV joins state, local leaders at Intermountain Health event to commemorate planning of first dedicated children’s hospital in Southern Nevada. Intermountain Health unveiled the location for its future stand-alone children’s hospital in Southern Nevada on Tuesday afternoon.

As children of various ages in uniform walked past Tuesday’s outdoor ceremony on their way home from classes at Amplus Academy, UNLV President Keith Whitfield gestured to them while recalling the community’s support for the UNLV Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine and lauding the contributions of existing hospitals such as University Medical Center.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas and tech startup Boxabl are collaborating to gauge interest in the company’s prefabricated, mass-produced houses. In response to rising housing costs, UNLV president Keith Whitfield is exploring the idea of $60,000 studio homes as a possible solution for students.

UNLV announced that longtime philanthropist Joyce Mack has passed away. According to reports, Mack died on Oct. 11, 2024, at age 99.

UNLV announced on Wednesday the passing of Joyce Mack, a decades-long philanthropist and university pioneer in Las Vegas. She died on October 11, 2024, at the age of 99.

When Joyce Mack arrived in Las Vegas in 1947, the city was a small frontier town with a population under 25,000. “My mother was a visionary. She looked at the desert and saw a city on a hill. She knew that it was going to be something special,” her daughter, Karen Mack Goldsmith, told the Las Vegas Vegas Review-Journal on Wednesday evening.

Joyce Mack arrived in Las Vegas in 1947 after meeting her future husband, Jerry, at UCLA. She was 22 years old, the city had fewer than 25,000 people and the Strip’s first resort had opened only a few years earlier.

The future of UNLV’s 42-acre lot near the Strip is still uncertain after the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents special meeting Tuesday. “This land is not just a parcel of real estate,” University President Keith Whitfield said during a presentation of four proposals for the land. “It’s a transformative opportunity to shape the future of UNLV and its future within the border of Las Vegas.

UNLV is aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2057, officials announced today. UNLV is the first Nevada System of Higher Education institution to launch a climate action plan, UNLV President Keith Whitfield said in a recorded message. Called Rebel CAP, the plan will act as a roadmap for sustainability around campus

UNLV is aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2057, officials announced today. UNLV is the first Nevada System of Higher Education institution to launch a climate action plan, UNLV President Keith Whitfield said in a recorded message. Called Rebel CAP, the plan will act as a roadmap for sustainability around campus

UNLV says it’s time to sell Sam Boyd Stadium, as it has become a burden to upkeep, with the closed facility targeted by copper wire thieves and the homeless. Speaking Friday to the Nevada Board of Regents, UNLV President Keith Whitfield said maintaining and securing the stadium has become a problem since the Rebel football team stopped playing there in 2019 after their move to Allegiant Stadium in 2020.

After five long years of mainly sitting empty, there are some big steps forward in what’s next for Sam Boyd Stadium. On Friday, Sept. 6, the UNLV Board of Regents and Clark County discussed transferring the property back to the county.