NEW YORK, April 7 (TNSper) -- New York University issued the following news release on April 6, 2023: NYU President Andrew Hamilton and Interim Provost Gigi Dopico today announced the appointment of Angela Amar, PhD, RN, FAAN, as the dean of the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She begins her new role on August 1, 2023. An accomplished leader, advanced practice psychiatric nurse, and researcher studying sexual and dating violence, Dean Amar joins NYU from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, April 6 (TNSper) -- Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nevada, issued the following news release: Governor Lombardo announced that he has appointed Clara Andriola to the Washoe County Commission. Andriola will fill the vacant commission seat representing District 4, which was previously held by Vaughn Hartung. Hartung resigned from the Washoe County Commission in March. Following his resignation, Governor Lombardo appointed Hartung as the Chair of the Nevada Transportation Authority. "I  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, April 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: * * * Researchers say tracking methodology in Southern Nevada fungal outbreak provides blueprint for monitoring and responding to emerging global public health threat. * * * A rapid spike in cases of a potentially deadly, drug-resistant fungus has concerned public health officials across the nation. But a team of Southern Nevada researchers hope their new study applying wastewa  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 5 (TNSpro) -- Western Governors University-Utah issued the following news release: Western Governors University's (WGU) Michael O. Leavitt School of Health (LSH), the nation's leading institution for nurse education, has expanded its Nursing Prelicensure Program to meet the increasing demand for new registered nurses (RN), which is estimated to reach 1.2 million new nurses by 2030 according to the American Nurses Association. Student enrollment opened in March 2023 w  more