
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
Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

UNLV’s public history class creates exhibit to share collector's rare and powerful artifacts related to the Holocaust.

UNLV student and 'Survivor' contestant David Jelinsky returns to campus with lessons learned from his reality show appearance.
This month’s frosty headlines and highlights from the students and faculty of UNLV.

Historic preservation group calls for action to sustain survival of 12 Silver State treasures.
A monthly roundup of the top news stories at UNLV, featuring the presidential election, gaming partnerships, and much more.
History In The News
A lot of wild ideas get launched in Vegas and we’re home to the weirdest combination of architecture on the planet. But is there another Vegas, an even weirder version, that was never built? As the city waits to see if the A’s baseball stadium will break ground this year, co-hosts Sarah Lohman and Dayvid Figler sit down with UNLV history professor Michael Green to run through the wildest Vegas projects that were never built.

Las Vegas City Hall does not display nor possess a photo of the mayor considered “the most controversial” in the town’s history, but historians say his tumultuous term is worth learning.
Bianca Censori caused a stir at the Grammys this year when she appeared on the red carpet wearing a barely-there dress. The Australian architectural designer and model, 30, arrived at the ceremony with her partner, the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.

Several top FBI officials were told Thursday to resign or retire from their positions. Now NBC News is reporting that the FBI Las Vegas special agent in charge is also being targeted.

In Las Vegas, giant, elaborate signs flash and blink at casinos. Las Vegas Boulevard is lined with vintage signs that remind drivers and pedestrians of bygone businesses. The city is home to The Neon Museum.

Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley still remembers the biting cold she experienced 20 years ago setting foot in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp to mark the 60th year since the liberation of thousands of prisoners in 1945.
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