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51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ has announced the launch of the Tourist Safety Institute, a new program meant to find ways to improve safety in the Las Vegas tourism industry.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ) and Boyd Gaming have finalized a lease and partnership agreement to establish the Boyd Innovation Lab within 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's Black Fire Innovation building, located at the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Harry Reid Research and Technology Park.

Boyd Gaming will bring its innovation center to a building at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s Harry Reid Research and Technology Park in a joint innovation and training effort, the company and university announced.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Democrat Jacky Rosen of Nevada, has introduced a bill to address nursing shortages in underserved communities.

The new activation presents an opportunity for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's students to turn their ideas into real technology, products and businesses

The Nevada Forward Initiative, a program for teacher apprenticeships at the University of Nevada Las Vegas College of Education has been added to the Nevada State Apprenticeship Council.

Former longtime 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ President Carol Harter died Thursday, three sources close to Harter confirmed late Friday. She leaves behind a legacy as both 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s longest-serving and first female president, having steered the university during a time of surging growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

In 2014, due to a need for better health care in Las Vegas, the state Legislature approved the creation of a new school of medicine at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, now called the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine. The school was founded with an intended focal mission of caring for the Las Vegas community.