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There’s good news and bad news. According to the National Economic Research Associates, the United States is awash in natural gas, enabling it to meet future corporate demand — if regulators allow companies to build pipelines. The same study says the country can export natural gas while keeping prices low at home.
The Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education Building (MEB) is the flagship facility for the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and serves as an anchor for future expansion within the city s burgeoning medical district. With a diverse program that supports learning and collaboration at many scales, the new facility—the med school’s first permanent structure—allows the school to double its graduating class from 60 to 120 students and help address a shortage of healthcare professionals in the state.
One of the downsides of having the rodeo at the Thomas & Mack is that the UNLV basketball team can’t play games at home as they prepare for their Mountain West Conference season.
The Oakland Athletics are expected to unveil new Las Vegas ballpark renderings Monday and announce the designer chosen to sketch the planned $1.5 billion, 33,000-seat stadium. Team executives and local and state leaders will also attend the event set to take place at 2 p.m. Monday at the Stan Fulton Building at UNLV.
UNLV is tailoring its Sports Innovation Institute to the growing sports landscape in Las Vegas with hopes of preparing its graduates for a career in either sports sciences or the sports business.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday (November 29) appointed Representative to the European Union and to Belgium Yu Dai as the new representative to the United States, replacing Hsiao Meiqin, who has registered as the running mate of Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Lai Ching-te. Before leaving office, Xiao Meiqin said goodbye to her colleagues in the representative office in the United States and thanked the United States for its "love" and support for Taiwan.
His blistering dystopian adventure novel Hammer of the Dogs was published by the University of Nevada Press in September.
Adelson family has political influence, expertise in casino-resort developments
Experts cite the Adelson family’s political activism and deep pockets as potential game-changers to the Lone Star landscape.