vegasinc.com | July 30 - August 5, 2017
An artist’s rendering depicts the exterior of the UNLV School of Medicine. Construction costs of the facility are expected to be $100 million-plus. (courtesy)
Just what the doctors ordered Passion of a few visionaries makes UNLV School of Medicine a reality By Rob Miech | SPECIAL TO VEGAS INC
A dozen quintets of UNLV students have been probing the valley’s neighborhoods the past few Thursdays, taking note of markets, liquor stores, clinics, pharmacies and access to public transportation. After six weeks, during which they will have also completed EMT certification at area firehouses, they will apprise one another of the m edical school, Continued on page 10
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Amount the U.S. Department of Labor has ordered Wells Fargo to pay a whistleblower who raised concerns about the company’s customer account scandal in 2011. The bank fired the man but has been ordered to rehire him.