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51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ has received funding from the federal government for cybersecurity education, enabling it to bring on fifty students per year as paid interns at its Free Cyber Clinic. Through this experience, students will get hands-on cyber experience from small business clients, training for the Security+ and Certified Ethical Hacker certifications plus exam fee support, and support for attending cybersecurity conferences such as DEFCON.

Nevada joins the nation in a shortfall of professionals within the cyber workforce, which the White House is taking measures to reverse as cyber threats evolve.

The three teenagers who died in a car crash in North Las Vegas last week weren't even old enough to have driver's licenses, according to the Clark County Coroner's Office.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $24,994 in funding for a student team at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ) as part of the Agency’s People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Program seeking solutions to environmental and public health challenges. The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ team, one of 21 award winners nationwide, is researching a cost-effective, simple process using agricultural waste biomass products to clean the drinking water supply.

Public safety officials around Clark County are becoming concerned about the recent surge in crashes involving motorcycles, including six over the past month, four of which were fatal.

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ is working to inspire the valley's next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Local high school students had the opportunity to test their skills at the university's annual GenCyber Camp.

In a dark room inside 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s Science and Engineering Building Friday morning, high schoolers were trying to escape. But, laughs and excited screams were heard on the other side of the door. 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students and faculty designed and built an escape room to teach them the necessity of cybersecurity.

Researchers from Texas A&M University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas also are involved in the project. They will share approximately $300,000 of the total award.

The future engineers are making their mark on local roads to improve transportation for drivers. The National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI) hosted a two-week program to give students the opportunity to envision and redesign streets across the valley.

The extended heat is causing elevated cases of heatstroke and burns.

Near record-breaking temperatures have arrived in Las Vegas, and many residents are feeling the heat.

Nevada’s Republican governor signed a bill on Wednesday in Henderson that increased the penalties for reckless drivers who kill someone while speeding.