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“We have a location that has buildings and infrastructure, and we have a company that is willing to support a Center of Excellent effort here at Victory Logistics District,” said Nelson during a presentation of the concept at the CoE location at 1740 Nevada Pacific Parkway. “We are working with various academic institutions – UNR, UNLV, Western Nevada College, and a couple of weeks ago we had Arizona State and Utah State out here as well – to try and bring in different hubs of technology.”
For visitors who use their own cars to get to Las Vegas or rent a car when they arrive, parking fees have become ubiquitous since MGM Resorts International began instituting them in 2016. Prices to park at major Strip resorts have since risen substantially, but there are both benefits and ways to work around them.
If there’s anything the election taught us, or maybe reminded us, rather, it’s that the economy is the most important issue for voters.
Lois Tarkanian, who devoted her life to promoting public education in Las Vegas and supporting the players on her husband’s college basketball teams, died peacefully Sunday. She was 90.
When it comes to building strength, we often focus on just the muscles. But lurking behind every powerful movement is an unsung network of connective tissues: the ligaments, tendons, and joints that keep our bodies in motion.
The Public Education Foundation, a longstanding supporter of local schools, is offering new scholarship opportunities for students, according to Latoya Holman from the foundation. Holman highlighted the Charles and Phyllis Frias Legacy Scholarship, which awards $100,000 to students who have overcome significant obstacles in high school. In the coming weeks, 18 Frias scholars attending the ҳ| 鶹ýӳ (UNLV) will meet with President Whitfield to share their experiences.
“The Holocaust: Reconstructing Shattered Humanity” is now on display at the Governor’s office located off Bermuda Road and Harrah’s Court, south of Harry Reid International Airport. Heidi Straus is the president of the Nevada Center for Humanity and curator of all the artifacts. She’s teamed up with UNLV grad students to display the collection. Straus has spent years gathering never before seen items.
UNLV is taking action on the environment with the launch of Rebel CAP— a comprehensive climate action plan for the campus - and it contains over 60 sustainability goals.
On Nov. 7, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted icometrix clearance for icobrain aria, the first AI software approved for detecting, measuring and grading amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA), a potentially harmful side effect of new amyloid-targeting therapies. A large study, needed for FDA clearance, demonstrated that the use of icobrain aria significantly increases the accuracy of ARIA assessments by radiologists and hence allows for safer use of new amyloid-beta targeting therapies for Alzheimer’s disease patients.