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Current Economic Development News
UNLV engineering and science students test an experiential course partially designed for NASA astronauts who will soon return to the moon.
How UNLV radiochemistry is pioneering the future of energy in the Southwest by salvaging strategic materials from nuclear dumps – and making it safe.
Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.
A roundup of news about the brights spots on campus.
Newly published research showcases tech capable of transforming water vapor into a usable form at a rapid rate in dry climates.
Entities sign Memorandum of Understanding to cultivate best-in-class clinical research services for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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It took eight toddlers to hold the line. Standing between UNLV Interim Dean Chris Heavey and Joseph Morgan, interim dean of the College of Education, on Wednesday afternoon the children clutched a chain of colorful paper rings stretched across the entrance of the brand new Marlow Early Childhood Education Campus — until Morgan tore it in half, opening a new home for the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center and the UNLV/CSUN Preschool.

It took eight toddlers to hold the line. Standing between UNLV Interim Dean Chris Heavey and Joseph Morgan, interim dean of the College of Education, on Wednesday afternoon the children clutched a chain of colorful paper rings stretched across the entrance of the brand new Marlow Early Childhood Education Campus — until Morgan tore it in half, opening a new home for the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center and the UNLV/CSUN Preschool.

Las Vegas tourism officials have approved a new sponsorship agreement aimed at keeping the Las Vegas Grand Prix in town for at least another decade, committing $100 million over 10 years to support the Formula One race.

JPMorganChase is investing $400,000 in Southern Nevada’s small-business pipeline, awarding a two-year grant to the Nevada Small Business Development Center at UNLV to expand advising for entrepreneurs and startups.

JPMorganChase is investing $400,000 in Southern Nevada’s small-business pipeline, awarding a two-year grant to the Nevada Small Business Development Center at UNLV to expand advising for entrepreneurs and startups.
The third edition of the Sports, Entertainment and Innovation Conference (SEICon), which is co- hosted by UNLV and Syracuse University, brought together a broad cross-section of the sports and entertainment industries at the Bellagio.
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