RENO, Nevada, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news release: * * * Both Schools of Public Health in Nevada aim to reduce leading causes of childhood death, abuse, neglect and other challenges * * * Researchers from the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Public Health and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Public Health teamed up to secure nearly $2.5 million dollars in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The five-y  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 25 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Jacob D. Bundick, shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, joined the United Way of Southern Nevada (UWSN) board of directors for an initial one-year term. "The mission of UWSN is simple but vital: to improve people's lives. If a community doesn't have enough resources to help their members, United Way will step in and provide stopgap services for kids and the elderly, filling a niche,  more

ELKO, Nevada, Oct. 27 -- Great Basin College issued the following news: Higher education resource guide releases the best institutions for 2024 Intelligent.com, a trusted resource for program rankings and higher education planning, has included Great Basin College in its list of institutions assessed for 2024. Intelligent.com's institutional rankings, which are set apart from other conventional ratings, are deemed the benchmark of academic evaluations for online and hybrid programs. An exclus  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: * * * Hypocrites Dina Titus, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford are again playing partisan games hurting Nevadans. Titus, Lee and Horsford requested funding for the Lake Mead/Las Vegas Wash Program, then turned around and voted to defund the project today. Titus, Lee and Horsford just voted against H.R. 4394, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, containing $4.1 mi  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 26 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release: Following new reporting from KTVN that revealed GOP Senate candidate Sam Brown failed to disclose his Texas business in apparent violation of federal law, Nevada Democrats have filed a complaint with the Department of Justice seeking an investigation into Brown's efforts to hide his Texas roots from Nevada voters. The complaint, filed by Nevada State Democratic Party Executive Director Hilary Barrett,   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 24 -- Anheuser-Busch, a brewing company, issued the following news release: UFC(R), the world's premier mixed martial arts organization and part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), together with Anheuser-Busch, one of America's most iconic companies, today announced a new multiyear marketing partnership. Effective January 1, 2024, the brewer will become the exclusive "Official Beer Partner of UFC." With this sponsorship, in the U.S., Bud Light will bring easy enjoyment to  more

RENO, Nevada, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news release: * * * 'Nevada Lithium Batteries and Other EV Materials Loop' * * * The Biden-Harris administration, through the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA), announced today the designation of the inaugural 31 Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (Tech Hubs), which includes Nevada - led by the University of Nevada, Reno - from a competitive pool of nearly 400 applicants  more

RENO, Nevada, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news release: * * * Agreement supports national deployment of new pavement technologies that benefit state and regional transportation organizations * * * Civil Engineering Professor Elie Hajj has entered into a five-year cooperative agreement with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for $5 million. This is the second time the department of Civil and Environmen  more

RENO, Nevada, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news release: * * * Researchers from the School of Public Health and the Desert Research Institute host networking event to discuss potential collaborations for the future of public health * * * On September 25, 2023, over 30 attendees gathered for the School of Public Health and Desert Research Institute (DRI) networking event to discuss pressing environmental challenges with the goal of improving overall human   more

RENO, Nevada, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Nevada issued the following news release: * * * Interim Nevada State Climatologist Tom Albright reflects on the wet summer in Nevada and what the next few months might bring * * * Drought is almost completely eliminated in Nevada, with only small pockets of drought remaining in southern Nevada. Temperature After an almost uniformly cool first half of 2023, Nevada temperatures spiked to above normal in July. In fact, 2023 gave us our 6th w  more

RENO, Nevada, Oct. 26 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news release: Nevada's healthcare challenges took centerstage during an educational conversation with Sen. Jacky Rosen and leaders from UNR Med and Renown. Long wait times, difficulty seeing specialists and rising expenses are just some of the issues that Nevadans face when trying to get medical care, and all of them can be traced back to one diagnosis: a statewide shortage of medical professionals. To remedy this afflicti  more

RENO, Nevada, Oct. 25 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news release: Faculty and staff from the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno and representatives from Nevada businesses participated in the Business Education Mission last month to build connections with global networks that can provide support and partnerships in future projects. This mission was the first organized directly by the Ozmen Center for Entrepreneurship within the College of Business. It was al  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: * * * The Oral History Research Center and its inaugural director, Claytee White, celebrate 20 years. * * * When journalists, historians, researchers, and documentarians need a resource or an interview, Claytee White is often on the list. The inaugural director of the UNLV Oral History Research Center has spent the last 20 years developing an extensive knowledge of the city's h  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Jake Auchincloss and Margy Feldman, Nevada Chapter Lead of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, joined a DNC press call ahead of Republicans' latest cattle call in Nevada at the Republican Jewish Coalition Leadership Summit. During the call, Congressman Auchincloss and Feldman called out Donald Trump and other 2024 MAGA Republicans for their reckless foreign policy agendas that in  more

ROCK HILL, South Carolina, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- Winthrop University issued the following news: * * * HIGHLIGHTS * Armed with a National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant, Boyer and her students have spent the last two summers in the Great Basin in Utah and Nevada, attempting to crack the case. * The Late Devonian mass extinction occurred approximately 365 million years ago and appears to have primarily affected the marine communities of the time due to "marine anoxia," a lack of oxygen   more