In The News: Division of Research

Las Vegas Review Journal

“Eat right” — it’s usually one of the first bits of advice doled out to any dieter.

But counting every calorie and tracking grams of sugar and fat in a diet can be a hassle, one many dieters put off or avoid entirely.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The collective groaning by all who spend time in classrooms can mean only one thing: It’s back-to-school time in Southern Nevada.

Macau Daily Times

Sands China held its annual Responsible Gaming Team Training Program at The Venetian Macao, for the fourth consecutive year, Monday and yesterday, attracting nearly 80 participants.

Opportunity Nevada

The Office of Economic Development at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), creates partnerships that support economic and workplace development, attracts industry-sponsored research, and develops and protects intellectual property. Through sponsored research, companies partner with UNLV’s faculty and student populations to gain new knowledge, a deeper level of expertise, and greater awareness of applications for new technologies.

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV and the University of Sydney plan to collaborate on interactive gambling research including the study of addiction, Gov. Brian Sandoval announced on Monday in a memorandum of understanding between the two universities.

Vegas Seven

I was originally interested in women’s health and pediatrics as an undergraduate, [but] a medical-anthropology course just blew my mind. I fell in love with this notion that to really understand people and how they’re doing, you need to understand them in this broad cross-cultural perspective.

GGRAsia

MGM Resorts International, which has the largest number of casino venues on the Las Vegas Strip, announced on Wednesday it had launched a mobile gaming platform and online tournament available on the Wi-Fi telecommunications system at nine MGM properties.

Medium

The headline read, Why eSports Is The Next Big Thing In Marketing. The source: Forbes Magazine. The article was by Baldwin Cunningham from February of this year.

Business Weekly

Bo Bernhard, the executive director of the International Gaming Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was named to the Philip G. Satre chair in gaming studies at the University of Nevada, Reno.

New Scientist

Parasitic bacteria that are entirely dependent on the other bacteria they infect have been discovered for the first time, in human spit. The tiny cells have gone undetected for decades, but appear to be linked to gum disease, cystic fibrosis and antimicrobial resistance.

GGRAsia

The so-called Millennial generation of young adults in the United States – those born between 1977 and 1995 – are more likely to respond emotionally to a casino brand than to the incremental benefits of a casino loyalty programme.

Las Vegas Sun

The attorneys sat next to each other on one side of Ballroom H. The judge, a former gambling regulator, sat on the other side of the room, flanked by a podium bearing the logo of the Mirage. The jurors, not “12 Angry Men” but 38 casino industry experts, sat in the audience considering both sides of the case.