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Regents may shift gears on UNLV med school plans to appeal to Southern Nevada donors

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NSHE Chancellor Dan Klaich speaks with the Sun Editorial Board, Tuesday Aug. 20,2013.

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Friday, March 7, 2014 | 1:55 p.m.

Nevadas higher education leaders are reconsidering the accreditation process for a proposed new UNLV medical school amid concerns about losing donor support from Southern Nevadans.

When regents approved an agreement to create a UNLV medical school in November, they outlined plans for a partnership between UNR and UNLV for a new public, M.D.-granting medical school in Las Vegas.

Initial plans called for UNLV to use the University of Nevada School of Medicines accreditation to kick-start a Southern Nevada medical school. Eventually, the UNLV medical would become independently accredited.

Now, though, some question whether Southern Nevada philanthropists will support a medical school in Las Vegas affiliated with UNR.

We are not buying a second UNR medical school in Las Vegas, Lindy Schumacher, director of Nevada giving for the Lincy Foundation, wrote in an op-ed published in the Sun. I believe (University of Nevada School of Medicine Dean Thomas) Schwenk would find a pool of donors in Las Vegas if he were asking for gifts for a UNLV Las Vegas-based medical school, and not simply a branch of the UNR medical school.

Amid concerns about losing donations that could help build a UNLV medical school, a statewide steering committee today recommended to the Board of Regents that UNLV pursue a separate accreditation process without assistance from UNR.

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Debate rages in tiny B.C. town over turning former grade school into medical marijuana factory

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Some residents of the small northern B.C. town of Topley are up in arms over a proposed licensed medical marijuana grow operation at the site of a former elementary school.

K Town Medical Growers is poised to buy the shuttered 15,000-square-foot school on the Yellowhead Highway, and transform it into a commercial marijuana production facility that its owner hopes will produce up to 8,000 kilograms of medicinal pot per year and provide jobs for as many as 150 people in the region.

News that the old school might be turned into a pot production facility has ignited strong opinions among the few hundred residents of Topley.

Its a big-time subject. Its the only thing the town is talking about lately, said resident Wendy Townsend, who is organizing a public meeting at the community hall on March 17.

Townsend, who is adopting a neutral stance, said shes heard from many people who are against the project.

Some are worried about odors and the potential for crime. Many still hold the school in affection, even though its been standing empty since 2010.

Theyre emotionally attached to the school, said Townsend. Its been the centre of our community. Theres still kids that play in the schoolyard.

However, others may also welcome the economic boom the facility could bring to the region, which is dominated by the forestry and mining industries in Burns Lake and Houston, said Townsend.

Many residents have questions they need answered before they can make up their minds, she added. A lot of residents have no understanding whatsoever of marijuana except for what they read and see in the news.

K Towns owner, Alexander Mark Roberts, already operates a small licensed medical marijuana facility in town, but wants to expand.

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Mini-Medical School series starts Saturday

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A Mini-Medical School: Aging with Vitality series kicks off Saturday with keynote speaker Dr. Steven Stricker, physician in chief of Kaiser Permanente.

Stricker was personally requested for this session due to the popularity of his keynote address last year. He approaches the topic of aging with humor, insight and an adept skillfulness.

The Mini-Medical School is a 4-week series covering a variety of topics related to aging with vitality. The topics are presented by local doctors from North Bay, Kaiser Permanente, and Sutter Health.

Classes are held from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kroc Center, 586 E. Wigeon Way in Suisun City. Lunch is provided.

Class dates and topics are:

* March 8 - Aging with Vitality; Keep the Rhythm Going

* March 15 - Eyesight and Aging; Happiness: Social, Emotional and Psychological Well-being

* March 22 - Neurology: Keeping Your Brain Healthy; Preventing and Managing Chronic Conditions

* March 29 - Women's Health and Aging; Men's Health and Aging

For more information or to register contact Rochelle Sherlock of the Senior Coalition of Solano County at 864-3984.

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First phase of medical school construction awarded to LP Ciminelli

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The SUNY Construction Fund has awarded LP Ciminelli the bid for the first phase of construction for UBs new School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building at Main and High streets on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

The eight-story, 540,000-square-foot building is the first project to receive NYSUNY Challenge Grant funding provided by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo when he signed the NYSUNY 2020 bill into law in 2011. Construction of the $375 million medical school, scheduled to open in the fall of 2016, will be funded by private philanthropy and state support.

The new medical school will help the university achieve objectives essential to the UB 2020 strategic plan to advance UBs distinction and prominence among the worlds foremost research universities.These objectives include creation of a world-class medical school; recruitment of outstanding researchers, students, clinicians and physician-scientists to the university; and transformation of the region into a major destination for innovative medical care, medical education and research.

The first phase of construction involves excavation, support of excavation, foundations and structural steel, including complete frame-up. The contract is worth approximately $52.05 million. LP Ciminelli was the lowest bidder among three bids.

According to the SUNY Construction Fund, LP Ciminelli has an approved MWBE (minority- and women-owned business enterprises) Utilization Plan for the UB medical school project that is expected to reach 13.2 percent minority-owned and 12.3 percent women-owned, exceeding SUNYs goals of 12 percent minority-owned and 10 percent women-owned, and federal goals of 5 percent for each category.

MWBE participation in major UB construction projects has been significant, and has typically exceeded SUNYs goals, according to officials with UB Facilities, Planning and Design.

The SUNY Construction Fund is the legal entity holding contracts in this project, reviewing bids and providing project funding. UB is partnering with the SUNY Construction Fund in an active, supporting role.

It is expected the second phase of the project will be put out to bid in late spring, with a contractor chosen by fall. The second phase will consist of faade, roof, completion of interior, all plumbing, and mechanical and electrical systems. Phase three will consist of FF and E, meaning furniture, fixtures and equipment, including state-of-the-art medical equipment for labs and other facilities.

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Work launched in Camden on state's first 'Renaissance' school

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CAMDEN As contractors laid groundwork outside for the state's first "Renaissance" school, Gov. Christie and South Jersey political figures gathered inside - at the neighboring Cooper Medical School of Rowan University - to raise silver shovels to ceremonially launch the work.

KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy is slated to be the first of the hybrid district/charter schools established under the Urban Hope Act.

It will open in a temporary facility in the fall of 2014 with 100 kindergarten students, who will then move to the permanent 110,000-square-foot facility for elementary and middle school students in the fall of 2015, organizers say.

"This stuff isn't easy to do," Christie said of turning around the city's struggling public school district, "but nor should it be easy for us to continue to ignore these children. . . . We can rationalize as much as we like, but we have ignored their futures, and today is a symbol of the beginning of the end of that conduct."

The academy was created in a partnership among KIPP Charter Schools; the Cooper Foundation, which is the charitable arm of Cooper University Health Care; and the Norcross Foundation, created by the Norcross family, including George E. Norcross III, who is chairman of Cooper hospital and a managing partner of The Inquirer's parent company, and his brother, State Sen. Donald Norcross (D., Camden).

The facility will be the first of a projected five KIPP schools in a mini-network serving nearly 3,000 children. "Today is the most important day of anything we have ever done for the City of Camden, for the children, and for this region," said George Norcross. "Hopefully this will be replicated throughout this entire city, and 10 years from now children will have the education they deserve."

Under the Urban Hope Act, sponsored by Donald Norcross and Assemblymen Angel Fuentes and Gilbert "Whip" Wilson, both Camden Democrats, up to four Renaissance school operators each may be approved in Camden, Newark, and Trenton. Camden is the only city set to open one.

Two other school operators - Mastery Charter and Uncommon Schools - have been preliminarily approved to open Renaissance schools in Camden. They await final word from the state.

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Drexel Medical School Holds Affordable Care Signup Event

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) With the deadline to sign up for health insurance under Obamacare fast approaching, Drexel Medicine today hosted a sign-up event, targeting women in particular.

Today, certified application counselor Myra Shanks helped Garolyn Jones go through the signup process at healthcare.gov. Jones children are insured through her ex-husbands employer, but she has had no insurance since the divorce and it worries her.

I have children, and if I cant take care of myself physically, then I cant take care of my children. So I need insurance, she told KYW Newsradio.

Women are usually the family member who is taking care of their children, their partners, Wolf said today. Many of them are working and uninsured themselves. We have many, many safety net programs in place, but that means that people will go from one to the other to the next with lots of gaps in their care, she notes.

So, she says, she was delighted to partner with other nonprofits for the signup event, which drew people such as Monique, who mused about how a health issue may affect her financially.

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