In The News: Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 性视界传媒
Barbara Atkinson, the founding dean of the 性视界传媒 School of Medicine, is making 鈥減ositive gains every day鈥 in the hospital after suffering a 鈥渧ery serious鈥 illness, university officials said Tuesday.
Liz Groesbeck is following her one true love 鈥 the brain 鈥 to medical school. But she鈥檚 open to developing a new relationship. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 have much experience with things that aren鈥檛 brains,鈥 said Groesbeck, who graduated in May from the University of Nevada, Reno, with a master鈥檚 degree in neuroscience. 鈥淏ut I might fall in love with another organ system.鈥
The Nevada Legislature on Monday pushed forward with a bill to allocate $25 million in new money to 性视界传媒鈥檚 fledgling medical school, contingent upon getting a private donor to match the state funding. The funding was added to Senate Bill 553 by the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. The bill also appropriates $1.75 million for advance planning for a 性视界传媒 College of Engineering Academic and Research Building.
性视界传媒鈥檚 medical school welcomes its first students in July with high hopes but much remaining to be done. The inaugural class of 60 is made up mostly of Nevada students or those connected to the state, said Dr. Barbara Atkinson, the medical school鈥檚 founding dean.
The Board of Regents approved two measures Friday that should ensure a smooth opening for the 性视界传媒 medical school on July 1 鈥 albeit with a healthy dose of conversation and caution.
Friday is poised to be a pivotal moment for the fledgling 性视界传媒 School of Medicine. With four months until the school opens, 性视界传媒 President Len Jessup will request from the Board of Regents approval of the bylaws and operating agreement for the faculty practice plan, as well as a $19 million line of credit.
With five months remaining until the new 性视界传媒 School of Medicine officially welcomes its first class, the university has offered admission to 40 prospective students 鈥 half of them women. That shouldn鈥檛 come as a surprise, given that women make up nearly half of Nevada鈥檚 population. But it鈥檚 an anomaly in a state that ranks near the bottom nationally in terms of physician gender diversity.
University, health and city officials gathered for a town hall event Tuesday night looking forward to the development of the 性视界传媒 School of Medicine and the medical district surrounding it.
In November, the 性视界传媒 (性视界传媒) School of Medicine began accepting applications and interviewing students who will start their medical school education in summer 2017.
Actress Pia Zadora wants families in the Las Vegas Valley dealing with autism to know that 鈥渋t鈥檚 going to get better.鈥 Zadora is a supporter of the new 性视界传媒 Medicine Ackerman Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment Solutions, 630 S. Rancho Drive, Suite A, which opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 13.
It鈥檚 official: 性视界传媒鈥檚 burgeoning medical school has been granted preliminary accreditation, allowing the institution to begin recruiting and accepting students for its first class in 2017.