March 17
Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce business power luncheon will explore the Business of Emerging Medicine: Advancing a New Era of Medicine in Southern Nevada, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Four Seasons, 3960 Las Vegas Blvd. S. Panelists will include Dr. Barbara Atkinson, founding dean of the UNLV School of Medicine; Dr. John Dougherty, dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Touro University Nevada; and Dr. Mark A. Penn, chancellor of the Summerlin campus and founding dean of the College of Medicine at Roseman University of Health Sciences. $50, members; $65, nonmembers. Register online at https://lasvegasnvcoc.wliinc34.com/events/
March 18
Federalist Society Las Vegas chapter luncheon will explore transparency in government 11:45 a.m. at Canyon Gate Country Club, 2001 Canyon Gate Drive. Keynote speaker will be Tuan Samahon, professor of law at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law. Samahon will speak about the Obama Administration’s legacy in promoting government transparency. $45, general admission. For more information, visit fed-soc.org.
Latin Chamber of Commerce will focus on automaker Faraday Future at 11:30 a.m. at Texas Station, 2101 Texas Start Ln. Faraday Future executives will be speaking. $45, in advance; $50, nonmembers. For more information, visit http://www.lvlcc.com/events/
April 25
UNLV presents Barrick Lecture Series featuring author Doris Kearns Goodwin speaking on Leadership Lessons from the White House, at 7:30 p.m. at Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall. Goodwin is the author of six New York Times best-selling books, including her most recent, “The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism.” Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks Studios has acquired the film rights to the book. Admission is free, but tickets are required and may be obtained at the UNLV Performing Arts Center Box Office. For more information, contact Performing Arts Center Box Office at 702-895-2787 or email pacboxoffice@unlv.edu.