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Students and staff were all back on campus at 51�ԹϺ��� as the fall semester began Monday. “This is what a university is about,” 51�ԹϺ��� President Keith Whitfield told FOX5 as he manned a free lemonade stand inside a packed Beam Hall. “That vibrance. People are here, people are going to classes for the first time.”

Thousands of students are back on 51�ԹϺ��� campus for the fall semester. The university tells us this is the largest fall enrollment ever. I spoke to the university's president about what this means for the future of 51�ԹϺ��� and took a look back at where it all started.

The start of the fall semester at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, or 51�ԹϺ���, is here, and in addition to tons of new students and enhanced security and safety measures, Frank and Estella Beam Hall has reopened for classes.

The fall semester for 51�ԹϺ��� kicks off Monday morning. Not only will students and staff be back on campus, but 51�ԹϺ��� will be rolling out all of their new security improvements.

Warner Bros. Discovery has unveiled its ambitious plan to establish an $8.5 billion film studio in Nevada, pending the approval of a film studio tax credit. The proposed studio, an extension of their collaboration with 51�ԹϺ��� and Birtcher Development, would occupy the 34-acre Nevada Studios campus, to be renamed “Warner Bros. Studios Nevada”.

Warner Bros. Discovery has announced its plans to operate an $8.5 billion film studio in Nevada - but only with a film studio tax credit. Announced on Tuesday, the global media company announced the studio plans as an extension of its collaboration with 51�ԹϺ��� and Birtcher Development. The WBD says it will “lease, operate, and fully occupy Nevada Studios.”

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced Tuesday its plans to commit more than $8 billion to partner with 51�ԹϺ��� to lease and operate Nevada Studios, but only on one condition. The partnership between the two and Birtcher Development is contingent on the passing of a film tax credit incentive bill initially introduced in 2023, according to a release from WBD.

Monday kicks off Rebel Ready Week on the 51�ԹϺ��� campus as freshmen move in and get acquainted with their surroundings. “It’s not the first day of class, but it almost feels like it,” 51�ԹϺ��� President Keith Whitfield told FOX5 at the Thomas and Mack Center before an orientation assembly Monday morning. “You get on campus for the first time and it’s very exciting.”