The university announced its Student Union vaccination location will close Thursday after operating since January.
Julie Wootton-Greener
Julie joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in July 2019 as a reporter for The View, covering the southwest/Henderson area. She grew up in southern California, and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. She worked as an education and health reporter at the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho for eight years. Before that, she was an education and county government reporter for two years at the Elko Daily Free Press in Elko, Nev.
Lang was executive director of both The Lincy Institute, a public policy think tank, and Brookings Mountain West. He was also a public policy professor at the university.
Under the American Families Plan announced in late April, an estimated $109 billion would fund universal community college.
The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents voted Friday to add a new section to the board handbook. The step comes as offices and campuses prepare to reopen July 1.
The city has filed a letter of intent with the state. If an application is submitted and approved, CLV Strong Start Academy Elementary School would open in August 2022.
Pablo Navarro, who taught for about 25 years at Gibson Leadership Academy in Las Vegas, died May 27 due to COVID-19 complications.
The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents voted Thursday to appoint Vickie Shields to the position until new President DeRionne Pollard starts in mid-August.
The statue of Comstock Lode mining baron John Mackay, which was dedicated in 1908, was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum, best known for his work on Mount Rushmore.
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority has received 44 letters of intent this year from proposed schools. That’s up from 27 in 2020.
Beacon Academy of Nevada, a tuition-free public charter school, plans to operate this fall on East Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas.
UNLV announced Thursday it has hired Edmund “Ed” Synakowski as the new vice president of research. He starts Aug. 30.
Saliva and oral bacteria samples from 30 UNLV dental clinic patients will take off Thursday in a rocket bound for the International Space Station.
TEACH Las Vegas will open on North Rancho Drive this fall, aiming to serve 325 kindergarten through seventh grade students during its first year.
The university will start offering a dual degree program this fall that allows students to earn both a medical doctor and master of business administration degree.
The university will launch a new pilot program where instructors will teach in-person and remote students simultaneously for some classes.