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Business Wire

Today Colgate-Palmolive (Colgate) announced plans to send the first-ever private sector oral care experiment to the International Space Station (ISS), under the sponsorship of the ISS U.S. National Laboratory (National Lab).

Mass Transit

Stantec has been chosen by the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada to lead the implementation of the GoMed Program – RTC's vision for safer and more efficient travel to, from and within the Las Vegas Medical District (LVMD).

Las Vegas Business Press

A team of students and faculty from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas competed against eight other international university teams during a Solar Decathlon Build Challenge from April 16-18.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Student activities on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus are slowly returning to normal after a year consumed by the pandemic.

Las Vegas Review Journal

A team of students and faculty from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas competed against eight other international university teams during a Solar Decathlon Build Challenge from April 16-18. The UNLV team placed third in the contest, that was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Next City

After a night with friends at a Las Vegas casino, Mihalik was dropped off at a nearby Walmart and planned to walk home. But Mihalik, 54, didn’t realize the area had no public transportation available.

Fast Company

The winners of the 2021 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge show how to build energy-efficient housing in extreme climates—the kinds of conditions climate change will only make more prevalent.

Las Vegas Review Journal

A UNLV team took third place in a U.S. Department of Energy challenge to design and build a home powered by solar energy.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

The UNLV team took home third place in the Solar Decathalon, the US Secretary of Energy announced on April 18 during a virtual ceremony.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

UNLV Solar Decathlon team to learn results of international competition as they came in 3rd place.

KNPR News

Las Vegas City Council voted last week to explore the idea of a multibillion-dollar, 19-mile mass-transit system that a private company wants to develop for Charleston Boulevard.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

A proposed solar project in Southern Nevada’s Moapa Valley would be the state’s largest if built, but opponents are saying, “not in my backyard.”