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African-Americans have played a profound role in shaping the U.S. business landscape. Technological innovations like the traffic light, automatic elevator doors and even caller ID all sprung from the minds of creative black luminaries.
In this February 2020 Medical Minute, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ nursing assistant professor Dr. Hyunhwa "Henna" Lee explains statistics on concussions and how to best protect yourself.
Nevada’s gaming industry is the biggest employer in Nevada and the most important sector in the state’s economy. In fiscal year 2018, the hospitality industry accounted for nearly 38.9 percent of the state’s total tax revenues and supported 450,100 jobs. While economic development agencies continue their efforts to diversify the Nevada economy, gaming will continue to be its economic driver for the foreseeable future.
Nevada State Bank, celebrating its 60th anniversary, has been a strong community supporter in Southern Nevada since about the time the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was established. Now the bank is continuing that tradition of community service by making a $250,000 donation to 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s Lee Business School to support the planning and construction of a new business academic building.
Rooms, food, drinks and entertainment are increasingly important money makers for casinos, where gaming revenue has fallen from nearly 62 percent in 1984 to a little under 43 percent in 2018, according to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents Thursday approved the broad framework for a new, privately-funded medical school building at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, subject to mutually-agreed conditions with the project’s donors that require construction to start by Feb. 1 of next year.
The Nevada Board of Regents on Thursday approved the next step in the development of a building for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ School of Medicine, voting in a favor a plan to allow a nonprofit funded mostly by donors to construct the building at 625 Shadow Lane in the city’s medical district.
Nearly 25 years after it first opened, the resort-casino on the corner of Paradise Road and Harmon Avenue is celebrating its final days as the Hard Rock Hotel.
