
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
News stories from the summer featuring UNLV students and faculty.

Students find ancient sports aren’t so antiquated as they take a scholastic approach to the history of athletics.
News highlights featuring UNLV faculty and students who made local and national headlines.
A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and student changemakers at UNLV.

A roundup of news stories highlighting UNLV faculty and students who made headlines locally, nationally, and globally.
The professor on new discoveries in ancient history, rocking out to metal, and the power of study abroad experiences.
History In The News

When Sen. Chuck Schumer quietly relaxed the U.S. Senate’s dress code, supposedly to accommodate Sen. John Fetterman’s desire to wear hooded sweatshirts and gym shorts, the backlash was swift.

When Sen. Chuck Schumer quietly relaxed the U.S. Senate’s dress code, supposedly to accommodate Sen. John Fetterman’s desire to wear hooded sweatshirts and gym shorts, the backlash was swift.

Las Vegas hospitality workers voted to authorize a strike in the city’s dominant industry against a backdrop of other union strikes across the country, but experts say a tight labor market locally could force a deal before any walkouts occur.
In this episode you'll hear how the hoodie went from being a sports outfit to the most political item of clothing since its invention in the 1930s and what Rocky, rap and racism have to do with it. Textile historian Deirdre Clemente provides insights into the technological and social developments that made the hoodie possible in the first place.
When Dr. Lynn Comella joined the faculty at UNLV, her office was in a space that had once been a bedroom. “It’s funny to think about that now,” she says. It was on the second floor of Houssels House, a fascinating campus anomaly. Amid the school’s toybox of large architectural showpieces, Houssels House was once, as its name makes clear, a residence — a 1933 Tudor revival located on Sixth Street near Charleston.
When Dr. Lynn Comella joined the faculty at UNLV, her office was in a space that had once been a bedroom. “It’s funny to think about that now,” she says. It was on the second floor of Houssels House, a fascinating campus anomaly. Amid the school’s toybox of large architectural showpieces, Houssels House was once, as its name makes clear, a residence — a 1933 Tudor revival located on Sixth Street near Charleston.
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