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UNLV's School of Public Policy and Leadership offers courses in data visualization that are helping to create a workforce pipeline.
A collection of news highlights featuring students and faculty.
From the desert to the mountains to the market, Honors College student Allister Dias explores Morocco as part of Lee Business School's Global Entrepreneurship Experience.
The former student body president and longtime donor passes away, 60 years after UNLV's first commencement.
A roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV students and faculty.
As the nation's most-watched sports entertainment event rolls into town, UNLV researchers are available to provide expertise.
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A headline initially used in a Las Vegas Review-Journal online story implied that a UNLV professor was endorsing Donald Trump for president.
A headline initially used in a Las Vegas Review-Journal online story implied that a UNLV professor was endorsing Donald Trump for president.
In Nevada, about 17% of workers earn their income from tipped jobs, which is the highest rate in the United States, according to the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Tipping is such a hot topic in Vegas that both Presidential candidates promised to eliminate taxes on tips to increase these workers' incomes. One study found that Nevada doesn’t even crack the top five for annual casino dealer salaries.
Las Vegas Valley residents need to make $111,416 a year to “live comfortably,” according to a new Banking Rates study. This puts the valley as the 16th most expensive metro to live in the U.S. out of 50 metros analyzed with the Las Vegas Valley ranking above such cities as Atlanta, Nashville and Phoenix.
In March, GOED unveiled a study by UNLV’s Brookings Mountain West, Center for Business and Economic Research and Transportation Research Center that found that state economic development is siloed across jurisdictions. Unlike in neighboring regional metropolitan centers, Southern Nevada lacks a governance structure to facilitate the planning and coordination needed to realize regional economic and infrastructure priorities.
Las Vegas is leaning into sports. There’s a shiny new NFL stadium, which in February hosted the Super Bowl. Annual Formula 1 races across the Strip. UFC fights in the Las Vegas Sphere. Arenas hosting NHL and WNBA teams.
