In The News: Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering

Las Vegas Review Journal

The Las Vegas Aviators’ first pitch at the opening night of the new Las Vegas Ballpark will be thrown by a 9-year-old local girl.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

13 UNLV programs, including 8 from the William S. Boyd School of Law, ranked among the top 100 in U.S. News & World Report's annual collection of top graduate and professional schools.

CNET

Apple and Qualcomm are duking it out over patents in a courtroom in downtown San Diego. But 13 miles away at an Apple Store at the University Town Center, the iPhone maker was dealing with other business.

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UNLV’s College of Engineering hosted 120 students from 48 local schools for “Introduce a Kid to Engineering Day” Saturday, Feb. 23.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

UNLV’s College of Engineering hosted 120 students from Clark County School District for “Introduce a Kid to Engineer Day” on Feb. 23.

Builder

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the collegiate teams that will be competing in the Solar Decathlon Build Challenge. Student participants work during a two-year period to design and build complete, functional houses that are powered by renewable energy and demonstrate creative solutions to current issues in the industry. Winners will be selected in the summer of 2020 in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2020 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

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UNLV was one of just 11 universities worldwide chosen to compete in the 2020 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The international contest challenges university student teams to design, build and operate solar-powered homes that are energy-efficient, affordable and attractive.

Las Vegas Review Journal

A $1.4 million federal grant is helping keep UNLV’s railroad program on track.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The Henderson City Council on Tuesday approved a land deal with a developer who was convicted of tax fraud more than a decade ago.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services has decided against shuttering an Amargosa Valley boarding school after a visit to the facility showed that steps were being taken to ensure students’ safety, a department representative said Monday.

Bloomberg Environment

No one knows whether Tom Brady will get his sixth championship ring this weekend or Jared Goff will get his first, but one thing is certain: Both starting quarterbacks, along with the more than a million people traveling to Atlanta for the Super Bowl, will use the bathroom.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Las Vegas’ brutal summers can sear your skin and cause dehydration or heat exhaustion, sometimes even death.