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You Say Nevada, I Say Nevada…
Professor Michael Green offers a history lesson in how to say the state's name.
Meet the Wonks: Christian Ogata
The classroom comes to life for this political science major and lawyer-in-training.
Meet the Wonks: Jennifer Hurtado
This journalism major has interned for the local Fox affiliate. Now she's has the chance to work with national Fox News during the debate.
Meet the Wonks: Randy Dexter
The Army veteran and communication studies student hopes the he'll work with during the UNLV Presidential Debate will keep an eye on veterans' issues.
Meet the Wonks: Mallika Pal
Tackling all the issues around the debate through UNLV's brand-new podcast.
Meet the Wonks: Micah Powell
This junior journalism student gets social, covering the debate using Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat.
The Voice of Nevada Politics
Political science professor David Damore is one of UNLV's go-to sources for context on the state’s hot-button issues.
The Opioid Crisis: Teaching New Doctors About Addiction Medicine
With overdose deaths at epidemic levels, the School of Medicine is ensuring its new doctors are well trained in pain management treatment.
The History of Debates
A primer on televised debates and the Commission on Presidential Debates.
The Debate, Vegas Style
UNLV is hosting the final presidential debate of 2016. Here’s how we landed the big event and what that says about the rise of our university and our city.
Meet the Wonks
A few self-described political geeks tells us why they're getting caught up in the Presidential Debate as volunteers.
New Faces: Emma Frances Bloomfield
This communications studies faculty member says the rhetoric of new technologies is ripe for study.
Exhibit: Please I’d Like to Grow
UNLV Libraries examines 60 years of student activism at UNLV.
Tickets Available: Oct. 19 Debate Watch Event for Students, Community
Watch history unfold during televised broadcasts of the final 2016 presidential debate at UNLV's Student Union and partnering institutions.
Presidential Debates and Accountability
Presidential Debate Lecturer Kathryn Olson on why we shouldn't ask which candidate won a debate.
American Indians and U.S. Presidents
Historian William Bauer chronicles the expeditions of American Indian leaders to Washington D.C. in a free public talk Oct. 5.
The Questions That Matter
UNLV’s delegate to the national College Debate program hopes to influence the conversation that will happen among the presidential candidates on UNLV’s stage.
Dressing Down to Go Up in the Polls
History professor Deirdre Clemente chronicles the increasingly casual nature of presidential fashion.