In The News: William F. Harrah College of Hospitality
On Feb. 12, Forbes Travel Guide announced that two Las Vegas hotels — the Wynn Las Vegas and Encore — had been upgraded from a four-star rating to five stars.
On Feb. 12, Forbes Travel Guide announced that two Las Vegas hotels — the Wynn Las Vegas and Encore — had been upgraded from a four-star rating to five stars.
A sold-out crowd of more than 500 people packed UNLV’s Judy Bayley Theatre on Tuesday night for the Las Vegas premiere of the film “A Fine Line,” which also served as the official launch of the Women’s Hospitality Initiative.
A new local organization is hoping to open new doors for women in the hospitality and culinary industry in Las Vegas.
A newly launched campaign in Las Vegas is looking to change the status quo for women in the culinary field.
What is the All-American Story? We are passionately, divisively — nay, acrimoniously — debating that in this country, writ large. Perhaps it would help to narrow the focus and examine it, writ small.
That brings us to Maria Miranda: The All-American Story.
I was on a recent trip to Los Angeles — hardly the Bible Belt — when curiosity struck. I slid open the bedside table at my downtown hotel and there it was: a Holy Bible, placed by the Gideons. Later in the trip, at a second hotel, the book had some company in the Book of Mormon.
The 13-year-old Strip-powered food fest known as Vegas Uncork’d will not be returning this year, but don’t be worried about big spring plans for culinary events. UNLVino, which celebrated its 45th year of raising money for scholarships for students in the UNLV Harrah College of Hospitality in 2019, has transformed into the Evolution Las Vegas Food & Wine Experience, set for April 18 at the new Caesars Forum Convention Center.
Beginning in World War II and continuing through the Cold War, public-sector biomedical and technology research led to discoveries that produced unprecedented economic and job growth, reshaped the aerospace and pharmaceutical industries and led to new inventions such as computers and the internet.
With a nod to the past and eyes set squarely on the future, on April 18, 2020, the long-running UNLVino will transform into the EVOLUTION Las Vegas Food & Wine Experience; a multi-sensory festival with a focus on immersive activations designed around the best chefs, winemakers, brew masters and distillers in the world.
UNLVino is evolving into something new, with a little help from Bobby Flay.
GEDrew is a brown rice with an odd kernel trait that sidelined its commercial prospects. Now, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists' re-examination of the trait and its link to increased antioxidant levels could give the rice variety a new commercial lease on life.