Thanks to the coronavirus outbreak, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Tuesday will hold two virtual commencements on the same day for two different graduating classes.

Thanks to the coronavirus outbreak, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Tuesday will hold two virtual commencements on the same day for two different graduating classes.

A room at Elara booked for Monday through Airbnb is $79 with no resort fees. A nearly identical room booked for Monday through the hotel is $159.80, not including resort fees.

The Commercial Alliance Las Vegas announced its newly elected officers and directors for 2021, with Petra Latch becoming president of the commercial real estate organization starting January 1. Latch, a member of the Appraisal Institute, is executive director of valuation and advisory at Cushman & Wakefield. Other newly elected board members include: president-elect Angelina Scarcelli, CCIM, CPM, senior portfolio manager of Colliers International in Las Vegas; treasurer Bridget Atterbom, CNE, a commercial broker at Keller Williams Commercial; director Wes Drown, CCIM, of Re/Max Advantage in Henderson; and director Andrew Levy, CCIM, ARM, of ERA Brokers Consolidated.

Well before COVID-19 became a household term, Xavier Morgan-Lange, Devon Scheg and Daniel Werth got started to formulate plans for an air purification device.

This past Friday, December 11th, the Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer’s new COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. On Sunday, the first trucks carrying Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine left a Portage, Michigan factory near Kalamazoo. They carry 2.9 million doses headed via FedEx and UPS to over 600 sites throughout the country including Las Vegas, with the first doses expected to arrive Monday.

During the Ma Ying-jeou presidency in Taiwan (2008-2016), confrontations over relations with the People’s Republic of China stressed the country’s institutions, leading to a political crisis. Nevertheless, as documented in Dynamics of Democracy in Taiwan, a new book edited by Kharis Templeman, Yun-han Chu, and Larry Diamond, its democracy proved to be resilient. In this discussion, several of the book’s contributors will reflect on the politics of this era, and what subsequent developments tell us about the enduring strengths and weaknesses of Taiwan’s democracy.

With the first COVID-19 vaccine expected to arrive in Nevada on Monday, state public health officials are making final preparations to distribute the doses across the state and begin administering them to healthcare workers.

The growth of esports betting globally through 2020 has been discussed at length. Its potential in the U.S. market alone is vast, but it’s certainly been more of an uphill challenge given the legality of sports betting state to state.