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51�ԹϺ��� joins state, local leaders at Intermountain Health event to commemorate planning of first dedicated children’s hospital in Southern Nevada. Intermountain Health unveiled the location for its future stand-alone children’s hospital in Southern Nevada on Tuesday afternoon.

As children of various ages in uniform walked past Tuesday’s outdoor ceremony on their way home from classes at Amplus Academy, 51�ԹϺ��� President Keith Whitfield gestured to them while recalling the community’s support for the 51�ԹϺ��� Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine and lauding the contributions of existing hospitals such as University Medical Center.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas and tech startup Boxabl are collaborating to gauge interest in the company’s prefabricated, mass-produced houses. In response to rising housing costs, 51�ԹϺ��� president Keith Whitfield is exploring the idea of $60,000 studio homes as a possible solution for students.

51�ԹϺ��� announced that longtime philanthropist Joyce Mack has passed away. According to reports, Mack died on Oct. 11, 2024, at age 99.

51�ԹϺ��� announced on Wednesday the passing of Joyce Mack, a decades-long philanthropist and university pioneer in Las Vegas. She died on October 11, 2024, at the age of 99.

When Joyce Mack arrived in Las Vegas in 1947, the city was a small frontier town with a population under 25,000. “My mother was a visionary. She looked at the desert and saw a city on a hill. She knew that it was going to be something special,” her daughter, Karen Mack Goldsmith, told the Las Vegas Vegas Review-Journal on Wednesday evening.

Joyce Mack arrived in Las Vegas in 1947 after meeting her future husband, Jerry, at UCLA. She was 22 years old, the city had fewer than 25,000 people and the Strip’s first resort had opened only a few years earlier.

The future of 51�ԹϺ���’s 42-acre lot near the Strip is still uncertain after the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents special meeting Tuesday. “This land is not just a parcel of real estate,” University President Keith Whitfield said during a presentation of four proposals for the land. “It’s a transformative opportunity to shape the future of 51�ԹϺ��� and its future within the border of Las Vegas.