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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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Business and Community |

Regardless of how policymakers settle the TikTok debate, cybersecurity challenges will continue. 

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Campus News |

The rosiest headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

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Campus News |

By managing a simulated $500,000 fund, the contest teaches students about the fundamentals of investing.

A UNLV student studies with the Strip in the distance.
Campus News |

Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

Hospitality student David Jelinksy fishes in the UNLV pool. Members of the UNLV Swim Team dive underneath the water.
People |

UNLV student and 'Survivor' contestant David Jelinsky returns to campus with lessons learned from his reality show appearance.

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Campus News |

The program takes students in UNLV's Lee Business School behind the scenes at some of the most prestigious financial firms in New York City.

Business In The News

Las Vegas Review Journal

The Trump administration’s whipsaw threats of tariffs with major trading partners such as Canada and Mexico have created a new level of global economic uncertainty, according to a UNLV economics professor, while a new study shows that Nevada could be one of the least hardest hit states by tariffs.

Las Vegas Business Press

With Las Vegas expected to reach a population of 3 million by 2042, health care in an already underserved community and attracting medical professionals will become more important than ever.

Las Vegas Business Press

With Las Vegas expected to reach a population of 3 million by 2042, health care in an already underserved community and attracting medical professionals will become more important than ever.

Las Vegas Business Press

With Las Vegas expected to reach a population of 3 million by 2042, health care in an already underserved community and attracting medical professionals will become more important than ever.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Food prices in the United States have surged by nearly 24 percent from 2020 to 2024, a significant factor that helped President Donald Trump regain the White House with a promise to reduce these costs.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

A survey of local business leaders shows more than half predict the U.S. economy will slide into a recession within the next two years, according to a quarterly report released by UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research.

Business Experts

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Recent Business Accomplishments

Marla Royne Stafford (Marketing & International Business) has been named as an advisor to the Cannabis Media Council. The Cannabis Media Council is the first trade council dedicated to using the power of mainstream media to uplift wholehearted, people-centered advertising campaigns that show positive experiences with cannabis. Stafford has…
Scott Jackson (Accounting) and co-authors Elaine Wang and David Piercey from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published their paper, "Does Temporal Immediacy Impact Investors’ Judgments? It Depends on Communication Mode," in the journal Behavioral Research in Accounting. The study finds that investors are more willing to…
Jehun Moon, Mehmet Erdem, Ozgur Ozdemir, Hyelin (Lina) Kim (Hospitality) and Eda Anlamlier (Business) have published their study titled, "What drives Millennials and Generation Z to adopt cryptocurrency for hotel payments?," in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. Their study is among the first to comprehensively…
Hamid Reza Nikkhah (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) has published a new study in Information Systems Frontiers. The article, co-authored with Frederic Schlackl from HEC Montreal and Rajiv Sabherwal from the University of Arkansas, examines how cultural differences influence privacy considerations and responses to institutional…
Tom Arnold (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) published the book, The Digital Detective: First Intervention. It's available on Amazon as a Kindle book.  About the book: Cyber threats and cyber criminals indiscriminately target the old as well as young regardless of race, creed or origin. Teens and young adults must realize that on…
Stephen Miller (Economics; Center for Business and Economic Research) had his paper, "Does Debt  Management Matter for  REIT Returns?", with co-authors Zhilan Feng, Clarkson University, and Dogan Tirtiroglu, Ryerson University appear as the lead article in the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, January 2025. Asset and debt…