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For many, bird watching or “birding” is firmly the stuff of retirement age – complete with floppy hats, binoculars and walks through the park. But in just the last few years, birding clubs have sprouted across Las Vegas’ colleges and universities, including just last month at CSN. So what is it about these birds that have captured Gen Z’s imagination? Host Sonja Cho Swanson is joined by Morrigan DeVito, Education and Outreach Director at the Red Rock Audubon Society and Franklin Ung, President of the UNLV Birding Club, to find out if the early bird really does get the worm.
Since 2022, North Carolina has spent more than $50 million in taxpayer dollars to build a “superfactory” at the Greensboro airport that today, nearly two years after its completion, sits dormant. It is not for a lack of companies wanting to occupy this long, rectangular hangar, says Kevin Baker, executive director of the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority.
Professor Benjamin Edwards discusses the rise of Nevada in the reincorporation debate and why more companies are reconsidering Delaware. The conversation explores founder control, litigation risk, SB21, Nevada’s business courts, and what shifting incorporation choices mean for boards and investors.
After a recent report found that even organic bread may contain some glyphosate—a widely used herbicide that may be harmful to human health—many people have been looking for ways to reduce glyphosate exposure. Online, some have suggested that melatonin supplements may be able to counter the effects, but the claim is based on limited research.
Travelers at some U.S. airports are dealing with extremely long security lines, as the partial government shutdown continues to cause TSA staffing shortages, with a high rate of screeners quitting and calling out.
TSA's Screening Partnership Program lets private contractors run security under federal standards, shielding some hubs from the funding crisis.
Medical students at UNLV learned where they will spend their residencies. The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine hosted a Match Day ceremony for members of the class of 2026.
Keeping medical talent local is a priority, and students at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and Touro University Nevada are helping to strengthen that pipeline. For many in UNLV’s class of 2026, the priority was staying in Las Vegas.
Cheers and anticipation filled Match Day celebrations across the Las Vegas Valley as medical students learned where they will complete their residency training, a key step toward becoming practicing physicians. With Nevada facing an ongoing nurse shortage, students and medical professionals said they look forward to Match Day as a chance to help grow the local health care workforce.
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