LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 15 (TNSEve) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: UNLV's Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) will host Outlook, its annual, end-of-year economic forecast conference, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 9. U.S. Secretary of Treasury Janet Yefllen will give a pre-recorded keynote address and will answer questions submitted from the audience in advance. Secretary Yellen's remarks will focus on the U.S. economy in   more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Oct. 15 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford advises Nevadans to be on alert when someone contacts you demanding payment for any reason by gift card - a popular method of payment for scammers. Legitimate businesses and government agencies will never ask for payment by gift card. "Gift cards are for monetary gifts to your family members, friends and other people you know, not for making payments fo  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Oct. 14 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2021: The Nevada Office of the Attorney General announced the members selected for the Statewide Substance Use Response Working Group (SURG). In 2021, the Nevada Legislature created SURG with the passage of A.B. 374 and set the membership requirements to reflect the diversity of Nevada and expertise in various aspects of substance misuse and substance use disorders. "So many Nev  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Oct. 12 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced he will attend Thursday's golf tournament fundraiser hosted by advocacy group Supporting Our Survivors to raise money for victims and survivors of sex trafficking. The event will be held at Lakeridge Gold Course in Reno. "I want to thank everyone for their work in putting together this special event," said AG Ford. "It's an example of how Neva  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Oct. 15 -- Gov. Stephen Sisolak, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Highlighting the importance of vaccines amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak received his annual flu shot today in Las Vegas. The Governor was joined by team members from Immunize Nevada and Councilwoman Olivia Diaz. "It's officially flu season and right now is the time to get vaccinated against flu," said Governor Sisolak. "Get your vaccine before the risk of exposure is h  more

ROCKLIN, California, Oct. 14 (TNSPro) -- Sierra College issued the following news release: Sierra College dedicated its new fire training tower at the Sierra College Nevada County Campus (NCC) Public Safety Training Center (PSTC) in Grass Valley today. The fire training tower will be used for live fire drills, during which students will learn to work in the dark and in confined spaces, to use breathing apparatus in thick smoke, and fight live fire. The tower will also provide training for stude  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 13 (TNSRes) -- The University of California's Hastings College of Law issued the following news: In partnership with the Nevada Supreme Court, the State Bar of Nevada, and the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, UC Hastings' Chancellor and Dean David Faigman and Assistant Chancellor and Dean Jenny Kwon are collaborating with the AccessLex Institute on a research study surveying recent admittees to the Nevada bar on their skills and knowledge as lawyers. The goal   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 14 (TNSJou) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: * * * A flurry of more than 1,650 FRBs detected by FAST telescope over 47 days in 2019 unlocks clues to the nature and location of the powerful millisecond-long cosmic radio explosions. * * * An international team of astronomers recently observed more than 1,650 fast radio bursts (FRBs) detected from one source in deep space, which amounts to the largest set - by far - of the m  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 13 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: For six months, Jamie Schwartz and her staff of UNLV Small Business Development Center (SBDC) advisors and interns fielded several hundred inquiries a week from merchants and entrepreneurs wracked with panic over uncertainty from a pandemic that threatened to shutter their doors and shatter their livelihoods. There were emails from vendors who couldn't get their products to the m  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 15 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: Students learn plenty in the classroom, but there is still room to learn from working professionals. That's why Rebels Forward mentorship program is growing across the university. UNLV's Career Services is bringing together career mentoring programs under one digital platform known to students and professionals in the community as Rebels Forward. "Rebels Forward is about buildin  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: * * * Greenspun College of Urban Affairs Alumna of the Year Caitlin Saladino helps provide significant insights into the Mountain West for researchers, policymakers, and the public alike. * * * As a public policy scholar and social scientist, Caitlin Saladino has a pretty straightforward philosophy as it pertains to her research: "It should be deeply rooted in its impact on and  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 16 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: The work, lives, and influence of 20th-century writers that included Walker Percy and Albert Camus, widely acclaimed for novels that opened unique windows into the human soul and its challenges, became centerpieces of recent talks given through the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV by the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society Speaker Series. So did the legacy of the lat  more