Department of History News
The history department's curriculum embraces the panorama of the past while also helping students to fulfill their constitutions, humanities, multicultural, and international requirements.
Current History News
A collection of local, national, and international news stories highlighting the people and programs of UNLV.
Jean Munson of the Women's Research Institute of Nevada credits professor Joanne Goodwin, the institute's director emerita, as having been an important mentor.
A collection of local, national, and international news stories highlighting the people and programs of UNLV.
A collection of news stories capturing the excitement of UNLV’s campus in June, July and August.
"The Sagebrush State" is an essential tome to appreciating the history, and vagaries, of governance in the state.
A new book details how colonial control impacted a continent’s relationship to its wildlife.
History In The News
Carson City is now home to one of five historic markers in Nevada recognizing women’s suffrage and marking the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment.
I don’t remember what specific combo of frustration and busyness led me to wear leggings to the office one day recently, but I do remember it felt magical. With nothing but a stretchy band and Nulu(™) fabric holding me in, I felt freer, like I was dancing through my duties, rather than trudging through them encased in polyester and wool. My computer seemed to run more quickly; my sources were more responsive; the PR people were less angry.
It was 150 years ago that construction began on the Sutro Tunnel. It had quite an impact … and didn’t amount to much. If that sounds contradictory, well, bear with us.
High-tech fabrics, an obsession with health and the slackening of dress codes make a new range of clothing possible.
Decades only take shape with the clarity of hindsight. The artifacts that make a decade memorable don’t become obvious until long after it has passed.
While you’re driving down the road in Nevada, you will soon see a new set of historic markers to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the women’s suffrage movement. KUNR’s Lucia Starbuck has the story.
