Department of History News
The Department of History offers a curriculum that embraces the panorama of the past while also helping students fulfill their constitutions, humanities, multicultural, and international requirements. Our programs and courses also aim to enrich student's abilities to research, critically analyze, and effectively communicate.
Current History News
UNLV-led Preserve Nevada group calls for action to protect the survival of 11 Silver State treasures.
A selection of top headlines featuring UNLV experts from the front half of the fall semester.
Professor Michael Green offers a history lesson in why Nevadans say the state's name the way we do.
A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.
A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.
A flowery collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.
History In The News

The last voter on Tuesday to cast a ballot in Nevada, and quite possibly the entire country, waited nearly five hours past the polls’ closing time to reach a voting machine and make selections.

It’s always election season, but we’re headed toward a general election. And 2026 marks the anniversary of some important elections in Nevada’s history and the country’s. We’ve elected a governor this fall, and a century ago, we had a campaign for governor that foreshadowed this one in some ways.

Kenny Epstein has spent more than half his life connected to the El Cortez hotel-casino.
Truly a modern wonder of the world, the Hoover Dam is one of the great feats of human ingenuity.

With Election Day approaching, political advertisements are appearing across television, radio, social media, mailboxes and cellphones as campaigns compete for voters’ attention ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. But do those ads actually change voters’ minds, and is there a way to avoid the constant stream of political messages?

Boulder City voters are weighing two ballot questions ahead of the Nov. 3 general election that could shape the community’s future, from whether data centers can be built south of town to how much money the city can spend each year on infrastructure projects.
History Experts
