Senate Bill 4, the state financial appropriations bill<\/a> signed into law, funds two major NSHE capital projects: the Life Sciences Building at the University of Nevada, Reno, and a new building for the Lee Business School at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The bill provides $144 million total, including $68.5 million for each building and $7.63 million for equipment and infrastructure supporting the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cWe are grateful to Governor Lombardo and the Legislature for their continued investments in higher education, which address urgent campus needs and strengthen Nevada\u2019s workforce and research capacity statewide,\u201d said Chancellor Matt McNair<\/strong>. \u201cThese appropriations will enhance the educational experience of tens of thousands of students each year and help build a stronger talent pipeline for Nevada\u2019s growing industries, while reinforcing NSHE\u2019s commitment to advancing research and education that benefit people and communities across the state.\u201d In partnership with Nevada\u2019s state leaders, NSHE is committed to supporting its institutions, strengthening opportunities for Nevada\u2019s students, and working with state partners to meet the educational and workforce needs of the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33062","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}