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The Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies allows students to create degree programs from courses across disciplinary boundaries, including cultural studies, linguistic studies, Asian studies, Latin American studies, multi-disciplinary studies, and social science studies.
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Open to the public through Dec. 20, the collection was curated through a collaboration between the museum and UNLV's Asian and Asian American Studies program.
The Norma Jean Almodovar Papers document decades of advocacy and expand UNLV’s collecting initiative on sexual entertainment and economies.
The top headlines featuring UNLV’s staff and students.
UNLV students explore Asian American culture, one bite at a time, in Mark Padoongpatt's class.
Rebel Grounds’ cafe operations manager brews the perfect blend of precision and creativity to keep campus energized throughout the day.
Students examine the evolution of America’s healthcare system in the larger social, political, and economic context of the last 500 years.
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On Wednesday, the Clark County Commission approved a plan for Chinatown that's been years in the making: A 10-year glow-up that will include wider sidewalks, safety infrastructure, more greenery and shade, and (yes!) better parking. Co-host Sarah Lohman talks with Commissioner Justin Jones, one of the architects of this plan, and professor Mark Padoongpatt, Director of Asian and Asian-American studies at UNLV, about what's in store for Spring Mountain Road, why our Chinatown is unique, and how they're hoping to avoid gentrification.
New Caribbean steakhouse Maroon will offer an important history lesson, a cultural experience, and food by an award-winning chef. Maroon will be the Strip’s first major restaurant owned and helmed by a Black chef, introducing the boulevard to the breadth of African diasporic cuisine.
A Black holiday that may suggest more than an end to slavery.
May 25 marks five years since George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police, sparking protests about police conduct nationwide, including in Las Vegas. In the aftermath of that movement, what, if anything, changed about the Black experience in Las Vegas? What reforms have police made? Did George Floyd’s killing at the hands of Officer Derek Chauvin really change police behavior?
May is AAPI Heritage Month, and concerns for upkeeping Chinatown remain in the Las Vegas community. The cultural hub started with a single mall in the mid-1990s. Today, its 3 miles contain more than 150 restaurants and countless other stores and shops.
No one should be calling anyone a “Big Back.” “Big back” is slang for an overweight person, a “food lover” or someone who eats a lot, according to Urban Dictionary.
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