March 10, 2023

UNLV and the 82nd Legislative Session

WEEK FIVE UPDATE

The end of week five at the 82nd Legislature marked day 33, or approximately one fourth, of the 120-Day Calendar, with 87 days remaining in the regular Legislative Session. In honor of International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8th, note the following statistics related to Nevada’s...(more)

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Kelsey Lamph

Each biennium, UNLV places legislative interns and externs in Carson City to assist lawmakers with...(more)

THE WEEK AHEAD

March 13 - 17, 2023

Next week, bills and legislative activities of interest to UNLV students, staff, faculty, alumni, and friends include...(more)

REBELS IN ACTION

UNLV second year Boyd Law student, Kelsey Lamph, testifies in support of AB 169 (Revises provisions governing the labeling of feminine hygiene products)

Of the 63 legislators serving in 82nd Legislative Session, 38 are women, (12 in the Senate, 26 in the Assembly). Also worth noting, of the 38 women serving, 32-percent of them are UNLV alumna!

Doug Unger, UNLV Professor & Chapter President of the Nevada Faculty Alliance, testified at the Assembly Committee on Government Affairs, in support of AB224

UNLV Alumna Erica Mosca ‘10 was selected to Chair the newly created AAPI Legislative Caucus that includes five total UNLV alumni Legislators

UNLV testified in support of AB167. President Whitfield provided his scholarly expertise highlighting the great need for services, as well as research into the causes of Alzheimer's Disease

Education Outlook: Out of the Pandemic and into the Future

Good things are happening throughout Nevada’s education systems starting with K-12 all the way through postgraduate. From proposed funding under new state leadership to dual enrollment programs paving the way to college for high school students, education is getting the attention it deserves. In January...(more)

Views: Dr. Marc J. Kahn on the Need to Expand Graduate Medical Programs in Nevada

Partnerships are a means of converting an idea to an action. The partnership between the deans at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine is one such example. At the end of February, Dr. Paul J. Hauptman, dean of the University of Nevada, Reno...(more)

UNLV Ranked Among Nation’s Top 10 for Student Veterans

UNLV’s status as a top choice for military veteran students was reaffirmed recently, as the university was again named among the nation’s top 10 “Military Friendly” campuses of its size by Viqtory and G.I. Jobs Magazine. More than 1,800 schools nationwide were evaluated for the annual ranking in areas like student retention, graduation, job...(more)