UNLV Awarded Over $2M in Federal Funding to Decarbonize Domestic Iron and Steel Production
Funding is part of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program to develop zero emissions ironmaking and ultra-low life cycle emissions steelmaking.
'Sustainability Engine' aims to tackle climate challenges in the Southwest
From our valley’s record-breaking temperatures to low water levels at Lake Mead, the southwest faces big challenges on a warming planet. Since the very first Earth Day that took place on April 22, 1970, Nevada has warmed and so has the rest of the country.
Urged by Cortez Masto, CVS and Walgreens begin dispensing abortion pill in Nevada
Almost a year after major pharmacy chains began waffling at the prospect of filling mifepristone prescriptions, Walgreens and CVS began dispensing the abortion pill in Nevada during the last few weeks. The decision comes after a concentrated push by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), who called on the chains to follow through with Food & Drug Administration (FDA) guidance updates finalized in 2023 allowing mifepristone to be dispensed and sold at pharmacies.
Oliver Lewis won the first Kentucky Derby atop Aristides. His story doesn't end there
Oliver Lewis wasn't supposed to win the first Kentucky Derby. The jockey atop Aristides was instructed to have the horse serve as a "rabbit" and go hard at the beginning of the race to wear down the field, so stablemate Chesapeake could preserve his energy for the end to ride to victory.
The original 'It Girl' — and subject of Taylor Swift’s latest song — has strong ties to Southern Nevada. Discover more from the UNLV Special Collections & Archives.
Faculty and staff joined the dean of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at his fourth State of the School Address, the second one to be hosted at the Medical Education Building.
Published: Michael Dicaro, Brianna Yee, KaChon Lei, Kavita Batra, Buddhadeb Dawn
Michael Dicaro, Brianna Yee, KaChon Lei, Kavita Batra and Buddhadeb Dawn (All Medicine) published an abstract for their study "Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review," in the Journal of American College of Cardiology. Dicaro and Yee are the medical residents and Lei is a Cardiology Fellow…
Professor Rebecca Scharf (Law) was elected to the position of Chair-Elect of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Defamation and Privacy.
David G. Schwartz (Ombuds Office) recently published a post on informed informality, his blog that considers people, organizations, conflict, and culture, among other things. The post explores the beneficial and harmful role that expectations can play in our daily interactions, playing, perhaps, with the readers' expectations at times.
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