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After ÐÔÊӽ紫ý President Keith E. Whitfield announced that he was stepping down from his position on Monday, a chancellor at the Nevada System of Higher Education appointed a new leader to take charge temporarily.

ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Executive Vice President and Provost Christopher L. Heavey will serve as officer in charge of ÐÔÊӽ紫ý, the Nevada System of Higher Education announced Tuesday.

After leading ÐÔÊӽ紫ý through the pandemic and the 2023 on-campus shooting, Keith Whitfield announced late Monday he is stepping down as president effective at the end of that day.

ÐÔÊӽ紫ý retained its Research 1 Carnegie designation as one of the nation’s highest-performing research universities.

Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley still remembers the biting cold she experienced 20 years ago setting foot in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp to mark the 60th year since the liberation of thousands of prisoners in 1945.

The trade wars, past and present, between China and the U.S. are nothing new. Neither are the harsh words between their governments. Even so, ÐÔÊӽ紫ý has had fairly close relations with higher education programs in China for many years. Now, the two are even closer.

The ÐÔÊӽ紫ý (ÐÔÊӽ紫ý) and Las Vegas Sands are pleased to announce the creation of the Sands Institute for Chinese Language and Culture at ÐÔÊӽ紫ý, which was formally approved by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents at its quarterly meeting on Dec. 5, 2024. Made possible by a generous $15 million donation from Sands to the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Foundation, this initiative highlights a shared commitment to enriching the educational and cultural landscape of Las Vegas and beyond.

The Las Vegas Sands is donating $15 million to ÐÔÊӽ紫ý to create a new language learning institute. It’s called The Sands Institute for Chinese language and culture. The new institute will provide Mandarin learning courses for students and will also be available to anyone who is not a student.