Officials at UNLV and the University of Nevada, Reno say those who are fully vaccinated no longer are required to wear masks on their campuses.
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Republican former Governor and UNR President Brian Sandoval said Tuesday that he would support a measure that would formalize UNLV and the Desert Research Institute (DRI) as land grant institutions alongside UNR if the latter’s existing land grant programs are “held harmless” by the change.
When UNLV President Keith Whitfield took the university’s top job last summer, he came to Nevada at a pivotal moment.
Statements of support for the verdicts convicting former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd came from Nevada leaders.
Minority groups have been affected by COVID-19 at disproportionately higher rates than their white counterparts in Southern Nevada and, on Friday, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a plan intended to reverse inequities in distributing the vaccine to traditionally marginalized groups.
Keith Whitfield took over as UNLV’s new president August 24.
New UNLV President Keith Whitfield described his first month on the job as “drinking from a fire hose.”
UNLV’s new president Dr. Keith Whitfield is nearly a month into his new position as the university’s 5th president in the past 10 years and there are plenty of issues to tackle.
UNLV President Keith Whitfield says he is pleased with how the university has handled the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNLV President Keith Whitfield discusses sports returning to play.
UNLV continues to be ranked near the top of U.S. News & World Report’s annual listing of the nation’s most diverse campuses. In an examination of the student body at 389 universities, UNLV’s diversity score was tied for second-best along with Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich., and behind the University of Hawaii. The listing, based on 2019 enrollment, was released Monday.