Topic: Business & Community

U.S. Secretary of Treasury, Janet Yellen, keynote speaker at CBER’s Outlook event
The exterior of Beam Hall and the student union lit up at night
Business and Community | October 14, 2021
Nov. 9 event to provide economic forecast for 2022 along with in-depth analysis about what’s to come for Southern Nevada.
The Making of a Med School
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UNLV History | April 27, 2021
From a suggestion in an economic impact report to graduating its charter class in just 10 years. Here's how the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV got here and how it will shape health care in Southern Nevada.
Students Roll up Sleeves for Vaccination
nurse administers shot to woman
Campus News | February 23, 2021
From Medicine to Nursing to Public Health, UNLV students are front-and-center in COVID-19 inoculation effort.
A Lasting Impression: The Precious Prints Project
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Campus News | December 1, 2020
UNLV's Student Nursing Association helps bring program to support grieving families to Las Vegas hospital.
Pure Air Takes Top Spot in Lee Prize
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Business and Community | October 27, 2020
$1 million awarded to companies innovating solutions to challenges facing hospitality industry in UNLV-hosted competition.
Third-Party Candidates and the 2020 Election
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Business and Community | October 9, 2020
UNLV political scientist Dan Lee examines America’s two-party system and how electoral rules benefit major party candidates on Election Day.
All Outrage, All the Time: Anger and Political Media
A group of blue donkeys fight two red elephants
Business and Community | October 8, 2020
We're all mad at each other online all the time. Why, and what do we do about it?
Supreme Court Nominations 101
UNLV professor Rebecca Gill
Business and Community | October 2, 2020
UNLV political and judicial expert Rebecca Gill explains the history of the United States’ contentious appointment process, how it differs from other nations, and the implications of a recent vacancy.
An Impatient Doer: Joy McKenna
People | September 11, 2020
Seeing opportunities to meet needs during the COVID-19 crisis, the 2020 summer Ph.D. graduate stepped in to help. 
Study: Black Entrepreneurship in the United States
smiling black woman hangs "open" sign on the window of her business
Research | July 24, 2020
UNLV political science expert Tiffiany Howard examines the lag in U.S. Black business ownership and opportunities for closing the racial wealth gap.
From Employment as a Nurse to an Employer
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Campus News | June 4, 2020
School of Nursing grad student Erika Kimble finds success as an entrepreneur in the dermatology field.
Lee Business School, Ted and Doris Lee Family Foundation Announce $1M Prize Competition to Fuel Hospitality Industry Innovation
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Business and Community | April 28, 2020
The Lee Prize compels entrepreneurs to rapidly innovate to safeguard the well-being of guests and employees in the post-pandemic era.