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Lee Business School News

The Lee Business School advances the knowledge and practice of business; develops business leaders; and fosters intellectual and economic vitality through the creation and dissemination of knowledge and outreach.

Current Business News

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Campus News |

News highlights starring UNLV students and faculty who made local and national headlines.

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Campus News |

Team Protégé wins Shark Tank-style competition for AI-powered speech feedback app.

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UNLV History |

The former student body president and longtime donor passes away, 60 years after UNLV's first commencement. 

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Campus News |

UNLV Law School has 14 top 100 programs in publication’s 2024 rankings, including No. 2 ranking for legal writing; Physical Therapy cracks top 50.
 

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People |

The award administered by UNLV's Office of Government and Community Engagement recognize individuals who are advancing UNLV's Top Tier goals to serve our region.

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Campus News |

A roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV students and faculty.

Business In The News

Las Vegas Sun

Markets love certainty, the axiom holds, and this presidential election offers little of it.

Yahoo!

Now is the time to master your money, April is Financial Literacy Month, underscoring the value of financial education in a rapidly evolving economy. Whether you just started earning money or have been earning money for a long time, there is always an opportunity to reflect upon your spending and gradually improve your financial health. It starts with what you know.

Vegas Inc

When my kids were little, we would occasionally give them a few dollars as a reward. They would put the money in their pocket, then take it out and stare at it, then put it back into the pocket, and repeat. They clutched the money so tight for so long, it became a crumpled paper ball. They imagined the candies and toys they could buy and couldn’t wait to spend the money. Money burned a hole in their pocket. Most kids are like that. But many adults are like that, too! Why is saving money is so hard? How come the desire to spend is so unquenchable?

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Now is the time to master your money, April is Financial Literacy Month, underscoring the value of financial education in a rapidly evolving economy. Whether you just started earning money or have been earning money for a long time, there is always an opportunity to reflect upon your spending and gradually improve your financial health. It starts with what you know.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

The Affordable Connectivity Program connected more than 23 million low-income households to the Internet at the height of the pandemic, but now, the ACP is running out of cash and coming to an end.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

UNLV research shows a decline from the pandemic surge of Californians moving to Nevada.

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Recent Business Accomplishments

School of Public Health faculty and students gave several presentations during the 2024 Nevada Public Health Association Annual Conference: Pamela Pioquinto and Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) presented their work: "Correlates of Muscle Dysmorphia Symptomatology in Filipino American Male University Students: A Pilot Study…
The United States Senate presented John Starkey (Business) with a Certificate of Special Recognition for receiving the 2024 Nevada Regents' Academic Advisor Award from the Nevada System of Higher Education. Starkey won this award, which recognized him at the undergraduate level, for being an outstanding advisor in the state of Nevada within the…
Greg Moody (Business) was interviewed by Las Vegas Weekly for an article, "TikTok Banned? Las Vegas Businesses and Officials Weigh In." The article is related to the recent TikTok ban bill that recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
Lisa Davis (Business), executive director of the Lee Business School Office of Graduate Students Services, co-presented a session titled, "The Experiences of Graduate and Professional Advisors (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)," at the NACADA Region 9 Conference in San Jose, California. This session, featuring a collaborative effort by graduate…
Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing), Jay Shen (Public Health), and Ian K. McDonough (Economics) published their article, "Validation of a measure of hospital maternal level of care for the United States."
Professor Marla Royne Stafford (Marketing and International Business Department) was awarded the prestigious Rotzoll Award for Advertising Ethics and Social Responsibility at the American Academy of Advertising’s annual conference in March.  The award goes to individuals or organizations that uphold advertising ethics and social…