In The News: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
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Nevada’s Board of Regents will gather in Reno on Thursday to consider a wide range of issues facing the state’s public colleges, making decisions that affect everything from class offerings and student tuition to presidential hires and school construction.
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Health care in Southern Nevada continues to make strides.
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Future medical students attending the UNLV School of Medicine most likely will be training and learning in the heart of the Las Vegas Medical District.
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UNLV’s budding medical school is closer to getting a home in the Las Vegas Valley’s medical district.
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Workforce development, supporting UNLV’s medical school and investment in infrastructure are among the issues a group of Southern Nevada lawmaker are mulling ahead of the 2017 legislative session.
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Doctors call it the golden hour.
That’s the first 60 minutes after a person suffers a traumatic injury — maybe from a car accident, gunshot wound or fall — when prompt medical care can save a life. In other words, seconds matter.
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A $3 million grant announced Tuesday by the United Health Foundation will go toward building up a crucial hands-on training program at the upstart UNLV School of Medicine.
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Community leaders, UnitedHealth Group executives, UNLV leadership, and health care professionals attended a special event Tuesday to announce a multi-million dollar grant from United Health Foundation to the UNLV School of Medicine.
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You could excuse UNLV Founding Medical School Dean Barbara Atkinson if she was feeling a bit giddy today. $3 million will do that to you.
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A grant is nudging the nascent UNLV School of Medicine closer to its fundraising goals.
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With one thoughtful, solid hire at a time, Dr. Barbara Atkinson is building UNLV’s School of Medicine.
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The medical school at UNLV is on schedule to open to 60 students in fall 2017, and it expects thousands of applications, its chief said today.