Brookings Mountain West
Brookings Mountain West is a partnership between UNLV and the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution. The purpose of Brookings Mountain West is to bring the Brookings tradition of high-quality, independent, and impactful research to the issues facing the dynamic and fast-growing Intermountain West region. Building upon work at Brookings and UNLV, our community engagement and research initiatives focus on helping metropolitan areas like Las Vegas grow in robust, inclusive, and sustainable ways. Brookings Mountain West provides a platform to bring ideas and expertise together to enhance public policy discussions at the local, state, and regional level.
Accomplishments
- Apr. 4, 2023
- Feb. 6, 2023
- Nov. 17, 2022
- Nov. 17, 2022
- Nov. 17, 2022
Zachary Billot is the first student in UNLV history to receive the nationally-competitive award.
President Keith E. Whitfield continues decades-long commencement tradition, honoring 10 students who embody the academic, research, and community tenacity of the graduating class.
Brookings Mountain West In the News
Schools. Oakland A’s. Mining companies. Formula 1. Those are some of the organizations and entities Gov. Joe Lombardo met with during his first few months in office.
Defeating Donald Trump in a Republican presidential primary won’t be an easy challenge for Ron DeSantis.
North Las Vegas city officials and the city’s charter committee are not “on the same page,” city leaders said during a contentious meeting for a bill expanding the size of the city council and that Gov. Joe Lombardo has promised to veto.
A sweeping higher education bill that sought to dismantle the Nevada System of Higher Education’s (NSHE) governing structure is likely being turned into a study, according to a proposed amendment presented to a legislative committee Wednesday — but would still aim to create new, individual governing boards for the state’s community colleges.