Department of World Languages and Cultures News
With its emphasis on linguistic, cultural and critical skills, the foreign language curriculum provides students the essential skills needed to understand other cultures and to pursue careers in an increasingly global environment.
Current World Languages and Cultures News

Triple-major Martha Amaya’s research explores the interactions between policing, public policy, and crowd science.

UNLV faculty and students honored with Service-Learning, Community-Based Research, Faculty/Staff Outreach, and Student Service awards.

Faculty/staff donations to the annual holiday card tree fund have been providing scholarships for 50 years.

Learn from UNLV students who just landed prestigious scholarships to study in Asia, Central America, and Europe.

UNLV plates drive scholarship increases for Rebels.

This new chair of the department of world languages and cultures says she has worked in other areas, but finds the allure of Spanish literature irresistible.
World Languages and Cultures In The News
A handful of UNLV master's students in Hispanic Studies have been accepted to top doctoral programs over the past two years, including the University of Virginia, UCLA, University of Alabama, University of Chicago, and the University of Kansas.

Nevada isn’t a majority-minority state quite yet. But it is projected to be in 2022 or 2023, according to the state demographer.

UNLV linguist Deborah Arteaga, a 24-year professor at UNLV, speaks six languages fluently and is regarded by her peers as a leading linguist in the Western United States.
For many Spanglish it seems to be a hybrid language which is inevitable when living in a bicultural country, while for others it is the impairment of the Spanish language.