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Nevada’s Latino voter data and what it means for the 2016 presidential race
What do Nevada’s 2014 midterm elections and the upcoming presidential race have in common: the influence of Latino voters.
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David Damore
Executive Director, The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West
Kirk Kerkorian, Las Vegas Casino Mogul, Dies At 98
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Kirk Kerkorian changed the way Vegas did business. The founder of MGM Resorts International died yesterday at his home in California. NPR's Sam Sanders reports.
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Michael Green
Professor, History
Campaign to fund scholarships for UNLV medical school raises twice its goal
The campaign to raise $6 million in scholarships for the first class of students at the proposed UNLV medical school was supposed to last the rest of the year.
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Barbara Atkinson
Founding Dean, UNLV School of Medicine
Computerworld
Researcher finds redemption, possible hotel deal after robotics challenge
A professor not only found redemption at the finals of the DARPA Robotics Challenge earlier this month, he might have found his robot a job at a Las Vegas hotel.
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Paul Oh
Lincy Professor of Unmanned Aerial Systems
Billionaire Kerkorian who shaped modern Las Vegas led life behind scenes
The monolithic hotel casinos that billionaire Kirk Kerkorian built on the sparkling Las Vegas Strip spoke for themselves.
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Bo Bernhard
Vice President of Economic Development
Kirk Kerkorian, billionaire businessman who shaped Las Vegas, dies at 98
How many people can say they built the world’s biggest hotel three times? Kirk Kerkorian can.
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David G. Schwartz
Professor & Gaming Historian
Kirk Kerkorian, billionaire businessman who shaped Las Vegas, dies at 98
How many people can say they built the world’s biggest hotel three times? Kirk Kerkorian can.
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Michael Green
Professor, History
Personalized Medicine: The Future Of Health Care
What would you do if there was a way to determine - with almost near certainty - what you might die from? Would you want to know? Would you want your doctor to know? Would you want your kids to know?
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Martin Schiller
Executive Director, Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine