WHAT: The UNLV Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering will host a panel discussion on earthquake preparedness in Southern Nevada following a viewing of the documentary “The Damnedest, Finest Ruins” by historian and filmmaker James Dalessandro

WHEN: Thursday, May 29, from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
3:50 p.m. to 4:10 p.m. – “Shaker Table” demo
4:15 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Screening of “The Damnedest, Finest Ruins”
5 p.m. to 6 p.m. – Panel Discussion on Earthquake Preparedness in S. Nevada

WHERE: UNLV Foundations Building, Blasco Event Wing
Off Cottage Grove St. and Maryland Pkwy.

DETAILS: Nevada is currently the nation’s third most seismically active state, behind only Alaska and California. Faults running under Las Vegas are capable of producing a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.

The forum panel of industry and community experts will offer insight into earthquake preparedness efforts in Southern Nevada following a “Shaker Table” (a miniature table-top model home used as a tool to show affects of earthquakes) demonstration and Dalessandro’s film about the devastating San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Panelists include Dalessandro; Jim O’Brien, Clark County Emergency Management; Jon C. Klassen, Clark County Fire Department Chief; Steve Menger, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; and Aly Said, Assistant Professor of Engineering at UNLV.

The forum will be moderated by Scott Smith, executive director of the ISS, with an introduction by Eric Sandgren, dean of the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering. The event is co-sponsored by Protecting America and is free and open to the public.

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UNLV is a doctoral-degree-granting institution of 28,000 students and 3,300 faculty and staff. Founded in 1957, the university offers more than 220 undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree programs. UNLV is located on a 332-acre campus in dynamic Southern Nevada and is classified in the category of Research Universities (high research activity) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.