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51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ will expand its Chinese language and culture programs with a $15 million donation from Las Vegas Sands. The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents approved the creation of the Sands Institute for Chinese Language and Culture.
As we march toward another new year, we put more distance between ourselves and the origins of the traditions many of us hold dear. Fruitcake, gift giving, and hanging ornaments – they’re all a blend of cultural ideas crackling aside the hearty yule log on a holiday hearth.
The Las Vegas Sands is donating $15 million to 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ to create a new language learning institute. It’s called The Sands Institute for Chinese language and culture. The new institute will provide Mandarin learning courses for students and will also be available to anyone who is not a student.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ announced it will create a new institute dedicated to the study of Chinese language and culture after receiving a $15 million donation from Las Vegas Sands. The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents last week formally approved the new Sands Institute for Chinese Language and Culture at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.
When someone says they’re from Las Vegas, where do they specifically mean? The majority of the Valley lives in one of the adjacent municipalities or unincorporated Clark County. So how did we get this weird patchwork of townships and jurisdictions, and how did it set up the city and the county for their many tensions today? We’re sharing our notes in this re-airing of a popular episode — co-host Dayvid Figler talks to 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ history professor Michael Green about the last century of Las Vegas and Clark County history, and how a city-county showdown brought us to this utterly unique arrangement.
Imagine being severely dehydrated and water literally appearing out of thin air. In other words: The air you breathe could quickly become the water that wets your whistle. Well, that scenario is one step closer to reality thanks to University of Nevada, Las Vegas spinoff WAVR Technologies.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ is getting a new institute for Chinese language and culture after a $15 million donation by Las Vegas Sands Corp. to the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Foundation.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ is getting a new institute for Chinese language and culture after a $15 million donation by Las Vegas Sands Corp. to the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Foundation.