
Department of Political Science News
Faculty in the political science department cover a broad range of specialties including American politics, public policy, public law, political theory, comparative politics, and international politics.
Current Political Science News
News highlights featuring UNLV faculty and students who made local and national headlines.
Zachary Billot is the first student in UNLV history to receive the nationally-competitive award.
President Keith E. Whitfield continues decades-long commencement tradition, honoring 10 students who embody the academic, research, and community tenacity of the graduating class.
A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and student changemakers at UNLV.
Billot, a political science major and a member of the Honors College, is one of just 62 students nationwide to win the highly coveted award.

More internships on the horizon for students interested in sports entertainment careers, thanks to a privately funded program.
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Are thousands of Nevadans losing the right to vote because of problems with the ballot curing process? Or is the system working, preventing fraudulent ballots from being cast?

Republican April Becker is accusing her potential 2024 Democratic opponent, Clark County Commissioner Ross Miller, of numerous campaign finance violations, according to a complaint filed with the Nevada secretary of state’s office Wednesday.

Austin Wang, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, believes that in order to stabilize the US-China relationship and get it back on track, Washington is not without demands on Beijing.
An outspoken China hawk who is seeking the White House is due to become the first 2024 presidential hopeful to visit Taiwan as American political positions toward Beijing harden ahead of next year’s U.S. election.
John Bolton said in January that he might run for the Republican US presidential nomination next year against former US president Donald Trump, telling the New York Post that “Trump’s support within the party itself is in terminal decline.”

Imagine: It’s 2028, and it’s time to go vote in the primary. You check your phone to see how long the wait time is at your nearest polling site. You’re a nonpartisan, but you wait with Republicans and Democrats to get the same ballot and vote for your favorite candidates, some red and some blue.
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