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Las Vegas Sun

The title of John Hudak’s January report examining the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ response to a congressional inquiry on medical marijuana pulls no punches.

Governing

On average, female doctors made $105,000 less than male doctors last year, and the gender pay gap actually increased.

Las Vegas Sun

Add $8 million to the funding that UNLV stands to lose if Len Jessup is pushed out as the university’s president.

The Nevada Independent

UNLV President Len Jessup’s decision to sign an agreement conditioning a $14 million donation to the medical school on him keeping his job through 2022 “raises serious questions about Dr. Jessup’s ethics” and “the optics are appalling,” a lawyer for the Nevada System of Higher Education wrote in a legal opinion obtained by The Nevada Independent.

Las Vegas Sun

An agreement signed by UNLV President Len Jessup for the university to receive a $14 million gift for its medical school has become ammunition in a behind-the-scenes attempt by members of the Nevada Board of Regents to pressure Jessup into giving up his position.

K.L.A.S. T.V. 8 News Now

The 8 News NOW I-Team has obtained the letter written by the Engelstad family rescinding their $14 million donation from UNLV's School of Medicine.

Nation & World

A donor says she is rescinding a $14 million donation made to UNLV after reports that there may be an effort to push the university’s president out of office.

Las Vegas Sun

UNLV’s new School of Medicine has scored its first triumph. Professor Katherine Hertlein, who studies romantic and family relationships for the school’s psychiatry and behavioral health department, has garnered a Fulbright scholarship, one of the most important academic designations in the U.S. It will enable Hertlein, who also is a therapist, to further develop her studies—specifically, how relationships are affected by technology—at the University of Salzburg in Austria, where she’ll teach two classes and conduct a survey starting in March 2019. The Weekly recently spoke with her about her studies and award.

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