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Lee Business School News

The Lee Business School advances the knowledge and practice of business; develops business leaders; and fosters intellectual and economic vitality through the creation and dissemination of knowledge and outreach.

Current Business News

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People |

The retired Army master sergeant returned to college after decades. Seven years later, he has a second career in cybersecurity at UNLV.

three members of the Molasky family in front of UNLV sign
People |

Three generations of Molaskys have helped build Las Vegas. Their newest legacy is about who gets to build it next.

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Business and Community |

Lied Center for Real Estate report pinpoints where permit, planning, and zoning choices are most likely to drive down prices; Nevada ranks 49 out of 51.

Bird
Campus News |

A selection of top headlines featuring UNLV experts from the front half of the fall semester.

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Business and Community |

Updated CBER dashboard reveals nearly 19,000 regional sports-related jobs, $860 million in annual visitor spending, and growing youth participation.
 

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People |

Lee Business School alumna Krishna Jayasankar Menon overcame injury to earn All-American honors and a national title. Now she's eyeing the Olympics as she works on a master's degree.

Business In The News

Vegas Inc

For Reno-based lifestyle brand Home Means Nevada, the holiday shopping season starts early.

KNPR News

Nevada is falling behind the rest of the U.S. in building enough homes to sustain its growing population. That's according to a new UNLV housing supply rankings study, as reported by KNPR's Paul Boger.

Business Insider

Housing permits were "essentially flat" nationwide from January to August 2026 compared to the same months a year earlier, according to an October research report from the Lied Center for Real Estate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

The Providence Journal

Many towns are bucking attempts to let anyone build anything new.

Las Vegas Real Estate NOW

Why isn’t Las Vegas building more entry-level homes, condos, and townhomes? The answer goes beyond construction costs. Harvey is joined by Nicholas Irwin and Patrick Blennerhassett to examine the shortage of entry-level housing across Clark County.

Realtor.com

In an era of strained housing affordability, new-home construction is one of the keys to easing the housing shortage. And some states are building faster than others. South Carolina, Idaho, and North Carolina lead the nation in permitting new homes, according to data from the Lied Center for Real Estate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. On the other hand, the more affordable Midwest was stagnant. UNLV looked at data from the U.S. Census Bureau in the first eight months of this year compared to 2025.

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Recent Business Accomplishments

On Oct. 29, UNLV's Kerestesi Center for Insurance and Risk Management welcomed more than two dozen insurance professionals from across the country for Insurance U: Back to School, an interactive learning experience designed to connect students with the people and practices shaping the insurance industry. Representatives from Allied World and…
Sharmistha Roy (Social and Behavioral Health, Ashis K. Biwas (Management Information System), and Manoj Sharma (Public Health, Internal Medicine) published an article titled “Sociodemographic, behavioral, health, and health care access factors associated with frequent mental distress among non-Hispanic multiracial U.S. adults: A 2023 BRFSS with…
Caroline Zhang, J. Daniel Chi, Jagdish Mehta, Siegfried Anyomi, Robin Vitiello, Steven Borgna, and Yi Xiao (all Finance) attended the Teaching Personal Finance Conference at Stanford University. The conference provided an opportunity to exchange ideas, share insights, and learn from educators and researchers from around the world. UNLV…
Ubalaeze Solomon Elechi (Business), a graduate student in UNLV's dual MBA/MHA program, is the lead author of a study recently published in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science examining the relationship between hospital participation in health information networks and patients' reports of discharge information. The researchers analyzed data from…
At the recent Accounting Behavior and Organizations (ABO) Research Conference in Baltimore, Aaron Saiewitz (Accounting) organized and served as a panelist for a session entitled "Thinking Outside the (Text)Box! Panel & Breakout Session on Innovative Research Methods." His talk focused on incorporating communication and other interactivity…
The Theta Omicron chapter of Beta Alpha Psi at UNLV Lee Business School has earned Gold Chapter status for the 2025–26 academic year. The chapter received international recognition at Beta Alpha Psi's 2026 annual meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. Gold Chapter status recognizes chapters that exceed the organization's standard requirements for…