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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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Campus News |

Team Protégé wins Shark Tank-style competition for AI-powered speech feedback app.

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UNLV History |

The former student body president and longtime donor passes away, 60 years after UNLV's first commencement. 

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Campus News |

UNLV Law School has 14 top 100 programs in publication’s 2024 rankings, including No. 2 ranking for legal writing; Physical Therapy cracks top 50.
 

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People |

The award administered by UNLV's Office of Government and Community Engagement recognize individuals who are advancing UNLV's Top Tier goals to serve our region.

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Campus News |

A roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV students and faculty.

Business Hall of Fame
Business and Community |

Lee Business School re-launches annual awards program recognizing the state’s top business leaders; event scheduled for April 4 at Four Seasons Hotel. 
 

Business In The News

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

The Affordable Connectivity Program connected more than 23 million low-income households to the Internet at the height of the pandemic, but now, the ACP is running out of cash and coming to an end.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

UNLV research shows a decline from the pandemic surge of Californians moving to Nevada.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

According to figures from the Las Vegas Realtors trade group, the median price for an existing home in Southern Nevada is $465,000, up 9% from the same time a year ago and nearing an all-time high of $482,000. As high as our home prices here seem, Stephen Miller, a professor of economics at UNLV, says homes are actually a bargain here compared to many other cities in the western United States.

Associated Press

Just as international migration soared in other states, it dropped precipitously in Nevada. Clark County, home to the tourist-magnet city of Las Vegas, saw a decrease of 58%, the biggest among counties where a half-million or more people live, Census Bureau figures show.

Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español

Casi 158 mil personas se reubicaron en Nevada desde California desde 2020, lo que representa el 43 por ciento de todos los nuevos residentes del Estado de Plata durante los últimos cuatro años, según datos del Departamento de Vehículos Motorizados de Nevada (DMV).

Las Vegas Review Journal

Nearly 158,000 people relocated to Nevada from California since 2020, making up 43 percent of all new residents to the Silver State during the past four years, according to data from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles.

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Recent Business Accomplishments

The United States Senate presented John Starkey (Business) with a Certificate of Special Recognition for receiving the 2024 Nevada Regents' Academic Advisor Award from the Nevada System of Higher Education. Starkey won this award, which recognized him at the undergraduate level, for being an outstanding advisor in the state of Nevada within the…
Greg Moody (Business) was interviewed by Las Vegas Weekly for an article, "TikTok Banned? Las Vegas Businesses and Officials Weigh In." The article is related to the recent TikTok ban bill that recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
Lisa Davis (Business), executive director of the Lee Business School Office of Graduate Students Services, co-presented a session titled, "The Experiences of Graduate and Professional Advisors (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)," at the NACADA Region 9 Conference in San Jose, California. This session, featuring a collaborative effort by graduate…
Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing), Jay Shen (Public Health), and Ian K. McDonough (Economics) published their article, "Validation of a measure of hospital maternal level of care for the United States."
Professor Marla Royne Stafford (Marketing and International Business Department) was awarded the prestigious Rotzoll Award for Advertising Ethics and Social Responsibility at the American Academy of Advertising’s annual conference in March.  The award goes to individuals or organizations that uphold advertising ethics and social…
Ph.D. graduate Wenjia Han, Billy Bai, Carola Raab, and Cass Shum (all Hospitality); and Anjala Krishen (Marketing) recently published their paper, "Will you choose a low-rating hotel that offers promotions? Insights from the prospect theory," in Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing. The paper examines the effects of promotion strategies for…