Ric Anderson

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Energy expert: ‘When people can make money fixing a problem ... the problem gets fixed’: Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018; When Samantha Gross visited UNLV in 2018, President Donald Trump had just announced that he planned to rescind the Clean Power Plan. Fast-forward a year, and Gross was back in Las Vegas on the day when António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, told global leaders that the world had less than two years to avoid “runaway climate change.”
Expert: Nobody’s winning on tariffs: Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018; Geoffrey Gertz, a University of Oxford graduate whose policy work has been featured in such publications as The Washington Post and Vox, sat down with the Sun to discuss tariffs, the North American Free Trade Agreement and other issues related to …
Uncle Sam needs you, young Americans: Scholar urges students not to reject government service as career option; Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018; Amanda Sloat calls herself a poster child for studying abroad, as a trip to the United Kingdom during college set her on a path to a rewarding career in …
Q+A: Chancellor discusses UNLV president search, med school's future and more: Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018; When will UNLV start looking for a new president? Will Gov. Brian Sandoval be the university's next leader? Those were among the issues Chancellor Thom Reilly discussed ...
Little-regarded war continues to matter, 170 years after conflict: Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018; Imagine if the U.S. invaded a country, conquered it after a savage conflict and gained about half of that nation’s territory in the treaty that …
Loss of donations over Jessup ordeal looms over UNLV med school future: Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018; For all of the new plan’s support, it hasn’t fixed a major part of what’s broken about the medical school — the loss of millions of dollars in gifts from major donors ...
Meana ready to put her twist on presidency, and UNLV: Monday, Aug. 6, 2018; Marta Meana interviewed at a number of universities in the mid-1990s, but none was quite like UNLV. “There was something about the energy and drive that I felt here — this feeling that anything is possible in this town and at this university,” Meana said. “Compared to some of the East Coast universities where the turf is already defined, this place felt ...
Las Vegas group on a mission to fight poverty, keep kids in school: Sunday, July 22, 2018; For many children in Las Vegas, the recession isn’t over. Not even close. Some are homeless, some will have their only meals at school, some are the primary caregivers for …
Analysis: Laxalt a focus of criticism at March for Our Lives event: Monday, July 16, 2018; If the March for Our Lives message resonates in Nevada this fall, the state’s failure to implement universal background checks on gun purchases could cost Adam Laxalt dearly ...
Powerhouse UNLV debate program is a guiding light for political discourse: Sunday, July 15, 2018; Jacob Thompson has transformed UNLV from a startup to a top 10 program that competes against — and has defeated — heavyweights like Harvard ...
Channeling Evel: Can Travis Pastrana successfully soar over the Caesars Palace fountains?: Thursday, July 5, 2018; He’ll also replicate two of Knievel’s other jumps. In one night. On a throwback bike.
Jessup urges UNLV supporters to keep rallying for the university: Friday, June 29, 2018; Len Jessup says his lasting memories from UNLV include a number of big-splash moments, such as celebrations of fundraising and enrollment milestones as well as the opening of the university’s medical school. But things that happened far more quietly were just as ...
Trump protest shows political engagement is on the rise in Las Vegas: Saturday, June 23, 2018; When Donald Trump got elected, Sandy Huggard got off the sidelines. The lifelong Las Vegas resident, who was among several hundred people who protested Trump’s visit to the city today, said she had stepped away from political activism in recent years but became re-engaged in outrage over ...
After bruising race, Sisolak emerges to confront a well-rested foe: Tuesday, June 12, 2018; The votes have been counted and the results posted, so the primary battle between Steve Sisolak and Chris Giunchigliani is technically over. But it’s not history. It could be felt all the way to November ...
TEDx event at UNLV aims at opening eyes, minds: Monday, June 11, 2018; It’s repeated so often that it goes largely unchallenged: In economically disadvantaged communities, young people are at extreme risk of drug usage, gang activity, violent crime and unplanned pregnancies ...
Can judge force Sandoval into action on gun background checks?: Wednesday, June 6, 2018; A lawsuit over Nevada’s 2016 ballot question on expanded background checks for firearms purchases boiled down to a central question Tuesday during a hearing on motions related to the case. Can a judge put words in a governor’s mouth? An attorney representing Nevadans for Background Checks told ...
Why Heller’s response to school safety question was meaningful: Wednesday, May 30, 2018; Sen. Dean Heller needs to appeal to NRA supporters to increase his chances of winning the June 12 primary, but he runs a risk in going too far. Should he win the primary, he must ...
Meet the political unknown running unopposed: Friday, May 25, 2018; He’s a newcomer to politics, and his academic experience in higher education is limited to a nine-week photojournalism program at Syracuse University, for which he earned …
Don't worry, there's time left to register for the June 12 primary. Here's how: Thursday, May 17, 2018; Although Tuesday was the final day of standard registration to vote in the June 12 primary election, voters shouldn’t despair. There are still plenty of chances to register ...
Q+A: UNLV med school dean grateful for outpouring of support: Wednesday, May 9, 2018; The turmoil surrounding UNLV President Len Jessup in recent weeks spilled directly into the university’s School of Medicine, where Dean Barbara Atkinson found herself facing uncertainty over whether she would be ...
Analysis: UNLV supporters on high alert toward NSHE, regents: Tuesday, May 8, 2018; At last Tuesday’s meeting of the UNLV Foundation, members were told that Chancellor Thom Reilly was encouraging them to speak with him about the future of ...
Sun readers write in droves: Say no to Yucca: Sunday, May 6, 2018; Not here. Not now. Not ever. That was the loud-and-clear message from more than 100 Sun readers who responded to a recent invitation to …
Analysis: Why UNLV faculty and staff are frustrated with state leaders: Tuesday, May 1, 2018; The tone was civil and the exchanges were polite, but the crowd’s questions and comments carried an underlying message of concern about the state officials’ leadership ...
Brookings expert: Congress should tackle climate policy: Monday, April 30, 2018; For Adele Morris, the Obama administration’s actions on climate change were a concern. It wasn’t that Morris opposed the intent of the administration’s moves — cutting emissions of greenhouse gases, reducing use of fossil fuels and so on. It was the way …
Analysis: Stirrings on Yucca Mountain bring out foes: Friday, April 27, 2018; Alarmed by what they feared was movement toward easing Nevada lawmakers’ long-standing opposition to the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository ...
UNLV medical students: ‘If we lose, nobody in the state wins’: Friday, April 20, 2018; Five UNLV medical students discuss what’s happening at the school, how it’s affecting them and how they feel about the situation that led to President Len Jessup ...
Q&A: Expert describes why Congress is ‘broken’: Tuesday, April 17, 2018; As shown by dismal approval ratings — an anemic 15 percent in the most recent Gallup poll — Americans have a low opinion of Congress. That disdain is justified, says Molly Reynolds. Reynolds, a Brookings Institution expert on ...
Nevada State College president: ‘We’re not just changing lives, we’re changing family trees’: Saturday, April 14, 2018; Fifteen years ago this spring, Nevada State College consisted of three classrooms, a library and 177-member student body in a converted …
Building a better education in the post-recession world: Tuesday, April 10, 2018; While job prospects have improved for many Americans since the recession, Martha Ross says the recovery hasn’t been so kind to those who …
It's official: Jessup resigning as president at UNLV, taking job in California: Tuesday, April 3, 2018; Citing what he described as “unfounded and unjustified” attacks by members of the Nevada Board of Regents and Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Thom Reilly, UNLV President Len Jessup announced today that he was reluctantly ...
UNLV’s Jessup said to be leaving for prestigious California college: Thursday, March 29, 2018; UNLV President Len Jessup is rumored to have accepted a job at Claremont Graduate University in California, and sources told the Sun an announcement may be coming in the next 24 hours that he’s leaving Las Vegas. It’s unclear what position Jessup has taken, but the rumors came less than two weeks after he announced to to the campus community that he had begun looking for opportunities elsewhere. Jessup made that announcement amid ...
Amodei, the teen and the F-word: Answers to 5 burning questions: Thursday, March 29, 2018; In the days it was first reported that U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei's office reported a Reno high school student who used coarse language in a phone call, more details have become clear ...
Analysis: Advocates look to 2018 midterms to restore, protect ACA: Monday, March 26, 2018; With a voice that was nearly taken from him by a rare form of cancer in his larynx, Joe Merlino makes a powerful argument in favor of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion ...
Analysis: Chancellor’s announcement appears to ease pressure on UNLV's Jessup: Tuesday, March 20, 2018; Days after it was revealed that a faction within the Board of Regents was pressuring UNLV President Len Jessup to leave the university, the third-year president appeared to ...
Q+A: Why this Brookings expert took the VA to task over medical marijuana: Monday, March 19, 2018; The title of John Hudak’s January report examining the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ response to a congressional inquiry on medical marijuana pulls no punches. “When the VA lies to Congress about medical marijuana, it lies to our wounded warriors” ...
Analysis: UNLV could hemmorhage funds, talent if Jessup left: Monday, March 19, 2018; UNLV’s medical school could suffer major losses in funding and talent if UNLV President Len Jessup leaves Las Vegas, the dean of the medical school said ...
Analysis: Jessup shouldn’t be targeted for contract, supporters say: Thursday, March 15, 2018; An agreement signed by UNLV President Len Jessup for the university to receive a $14 million gift for its medical school has become ammunition in a behind-the-scenes attempt ...
Analysis: Funds, talent could bleed away from med school if Jessup departs UNLV: Thursday, March 15, 2018; UNLV’s medical school could suffer major losses in funding and talent if UNLV President Len Jessup leaves Las Vegas. Barbara Atkinson, the dean of the medical school, said the disruption in leadership threatened to halt progress in ...
Analysis: Concerns over regents’ leadership put UNLV medical school funding in doubt: Wednesday, March 14, 2018; Funding for UNLV’s medical school building may be collapsing as two megadonors, citing concerns over the Nevada Board of Regents’ leadership, have rescinded or begun reconsidering gifts totaling $39 million. Future gifts also ...
Analysis: Jessup’s uncertain future at UNLV alarms supporters: Tuesday, March 13, 2018; UNLV President Len Jessup and Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Thom Reilly have been in discussions over the past several weeks about Jessup leaving the ...
The Mint 400 at 50: Still 'the most challenging off-road race on the planet': Saturday, March 10, 2018; With its corporate-sponsored competition teams, crisply organized race operations and vehicles with sophisticated electronics and mechanical components, the race has come a long way since its first year.
Education expert: ‘No one wants to invest in deficits’: Saturday, March 3, 2018; We need to see what communities have going for them so we can build upon those strengths. That, to me, is a start of a solution ...
NRA can’t help in lawsuit over gun background checks: Friday, Feb. 23, 2018; Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s chummy relationship with the National Rifle Association may win him votes in his campaign for governor, but ...
How Trump’s attack on renewable energy and the EPA hurts Nevada: Friday, Feb. 23, 2018; The proposed cuts, along with tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on imported solar panels, threaten to slow the development of Nevada’s renewable energy industry ...
Millennials are changing the face of the country: Within 30 years, less than half of Americans will be white; Friday, Feb. 16, 2018; William Frey, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said writers who’ve casually referred to millennials’ diversity have glanced off of a key point. The generation’s racial diversity is what gives it the potential to become what he describes as a …
Anti-Trump activist Steyer targets GOP's Heller, Laxalt: Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018; Billionaire anti-Trump activist Tom Steyer visited Las Vegas today with a vow to defend “Dreamers” and immigrant families facing deportation. Steyer, whose campaign against Trump has ...
Will your kid’s teacher soon be replaced by a robot?: Friday, Feb. 2, 2018; During an interview with the Sun, Brooking Institution senior fellow Michael Hansen recapped President Donald Trump’s moves on education and offered insight on other topics related to schools — a shortage of minority teachers, the best way to evaluate teachers’ performance, vouchers and …
A biography of ‘a real billionaire’: William Rempel delivers a look into the life of Kirk Kerkorian: Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018; Kirk Kerkorian never defaulted on a loan, was allergic to taking credit for his accomplishments, hated being the center of attention and didn’t want his name on anything — not even his company parking space. So imagine William Rempel’s surprise when, while writing a new biography on Kerkorian, he discovered that ...
Q&A: Will your kid’s teacher soon be replaced by a robot?: Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018; As a researcher who specializes in education, Michael Hansen was watching closely as President Donald Trump took office in January. Trump had made a campaign promise to steer billions of dollars into expanding ...
State of the Union: What might it mean for Nevada?: Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018; Las Vegas drew a mention early on in Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech, when the president alluded to the Oct. 1 tragedy as one of the challenges the nation faced during his first year in office. But how might Las Vegas be affected by the policies and initiatives that ...