April 14, 2023

UNLV and the 82nd Legislative Session

WEEK TEN UPDATE

The tenth week of the 82nd Session of the Nevada Legislature ended with the first major deadline - committee passage for the first house of origin - which resulted in 913 bills being moved out of Senate and Assembly Committees. Only eight weeks remain in the 82nd Session. Rebels continued to...(more)

REBELS IN ACTION

UNLV Lady Rebels were honored by US Senator Jacky Rosen's participation in the Lady Rebels STEM event

US Senator Jacky Rosen discusses the importance of STEM with UNLV Scientists during a presentation and panel discussion

Dr. Deborah Khuls, professor of surgery and chief of critical care in the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV's Division of Acute Care Surgery, testified in opposition to AB209 (Revises provisions relating to health care)

UNLV alumni Senator Fabian Donate and Dr. David Damore, Interim Executive Director of The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West at UNLV, co-presented on SB347 (Revises provisions relating to higher education)

Anne Wiseman, UNLV Director of Well-Being and Integrative Medicine, and UNLV Medical Student David Bandbaz at the Nevada Legislature

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

David Bandbaz

Each biennium, UNLV students engage in the legislative process in a variety of ways, including participating in policy development and the bill draft process, as well as serving as legislative interns and externs to assist lawmakers...(more)

THE WEEK AHEAD

April 17 - 21, 2023

The Government and Community Engagement team will continue to engage with elected officials during week eleven of the 82nd Session of the Nevada Legislature. Below, please find bills, legislative activities, and special...(more)

From the UNLV News Center Archives: Future Doc on Two Wheels

The son of an acrobat, David Bandbaz inherited his father's death-defying instincts. Just a little lower to the ground. The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV third-year student relieves stress by zipping around area highways on one of his two motorcycles. “The first time I was on a motorcycle on the highway, my first year of medical...(more)

Windsor Park: That Sinking Feeling

You can’t just take a magic sword and slice through the Gordian knot of a convoluted problem decades in the making. But you can make a documentary—a film to pull that problem into focus and shine some light on it. “Advocacy is the first step,” says state Senator Dina Neal of Windsor Park: The Sinking Streets, the short film...(more)

Two UNLV Undergrads Strike Gold with Prestigious STEM Scholarship

Two UNLV students were awarded the highly coveted Barry Goldwater Scholarship for 2023, the nation’s premier undergraduate award in natural science, engineering, and mathematics. Vesper Evereux, a mechanical engineering major, and Faria Tavacoli, a public health major and member of the Honors College, are among just...(more)