Accomplishments: Brookings Mountain West
David Damore, Caitlin Saladino, and William Brown (all Brookings Mountain West) recently published a commentary piece in a Brookings Institution blog titled, "A constitutional amendment to change higher education governance in Nevada." Their piece discusses the history and implications of ballot Question 1 which appears in the upcoming State of…
William Brown, Caitlin Saladino, and David Damore (all from Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute) co-authored a piece titled, "County needs a stand-alone children’s hospital," which was published in the Las Vegas Sun. The piece recaps an recent community forum that detailed the health and economic benefits of a stand-alone children’s…
Annie Vong (Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West), Zachary Billot (Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West), and Nicole Dias Del Valle (Political Science; Philosophy Law & Justice; Brookings Public Policy) recently co-authored a Brookings Institution blog post titled, "Youth voices in the 2024 election: What students want to see on the…
Anirudh Polagani (The Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West) recently had their op-ed, "Still overdependent on tourism after all these years," published in the Nevada Current. The piece insites a call to action for Las Vegas to continue to invest in building a robust and diverse economy and lessen its reliance on the tourism sector.
Monserrat Cristando-Romo and Caitlin Saladino (both The Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West) recently published "Child care is a daily puzzle Nevadans must put together to participate in the workforce" in the Nevada Current. Their op-ed discusses the imbalance between the need for quality child care and the supply of such facilities,…
Maryam Raja (The Lincy Institute; Brookings Mountain West; Political Science) recently attended the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Western Governors’ Association, representing Nevada as part of the Western Governors' Leadership Institute (WGLI). The WGLI is a prestigious program developed by the Western Governors' Association to…
Jesse Fager-Larsen (The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West, Political Science) attended the 23rd annual Public Policy Leadership Conference (PPLC) held at the Harvard Kennedy School campus. During the conference, attendees meet with professors, attend mock graduate-level courses, and learn about career and funding opportunities in public…
Sofia Takhtadjian and Issac Hernandez-Alcaraz (both from The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West) were selected to represent Nevada as part of the 2023 Western Governors' Leadership Institute, where they attended the Western Governors' Association's 2023 Annual Meeting in Boulder, Colorado. The two participated in the institute’s…
Vanessa Marie Booth (Political Science, The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West) has been selected to receive the Thomas J. Watson Leadership Scholarship, which funds graduate study at Brown University. Admitted to the accelerated MPA program, Booth will be one of few students who receives the Watson Scholarship to not only fund her graduate…
Zachary Billot (Political Science, Brookings Mountain West, Lincy Institute) was recently named a recipient of the Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute Fellowship. Competing nationally, he was awarded a competitive spot among a cohort of 30 at Carnegie Mellon University. He will spend seven weeks engaging in rigorous…
Caitlin Saladino, David Damore (both The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West), and William E. Brown, Jr. (Brookings Mountain West) recently co-authored the Nevada Independent Op-Ed, "Next steps for growing Nevada’s health care economy." The piece discusses the current lack of in-state medical residencies for graduates of the Kirk Kerkorian…
Mary Blankenship (The Lincy Institute, Brookings Mountain West, Chemistry) was invited and participated in a workshop hosted by the US-EU Trade and Technology Council to discuss Russian disinformation in Africa and Latin America. Blankenship has appeared in the media numerous times discussing disinformation and misinformation, and has published…