Student laid out on the grass and reading a book

College of Liberal Arts News

The College of Liberal Arts offers students a well-rounded education in the humanities and social sciences. Students develop strong analytical and communication skills for a lifetime of learning and discovery that can be applied to a wide variety of careers.

Current Liberal Arts News

collage of small square artworks
Arts and Culture |

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 "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign.
Campus News |

Welcome to the fabulous history of the Entertainment Capital of the World.

gloved right hand holds a small white bowl while left hand uses spoon to scoop out brown seeds
Research |

Student-led UNLV research team works molecular magic to transform a common kitchen spice into affordable, effective epilepsy therapies.

Amelia Davis holds holiday cards she designed in front of UNLV letters sculpture
Campus News |

UNLV alumna and Foundation graphic designer Amelia Davis embraces her fourth annual holiday card with creativity and gratitude.

A portrait of Huajing Maske
People |

Huajing Maske will lead the institute in promoting intercultural exchange, Mandarin language learning, and Chinese cultural understanding.

Students on campus.
Campus News |

A selection of top news headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

Liberal Arts In The News

Desert Companion

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.

KSNV-TV: News 3

President Donald Trump has been pushing for an end to the Senate filibuster as support for potentially voting to get rid of the rule grows.

Drug Discovery News

Seizures are far more common than most people realize. Epilepsy affects about one percent of the population, making it one of the most prevalent neurological disorders worldwide. Seizures can appear at any moment in life, arising from genetic conditions, traumatic brain injuries, infections, metabolic disorders, or sometimes even no identifiable cause at all.

Drug Discovery News

Seizures are far more common than most people realize. Epilepsy affects about one percent of the population, making it one of the most prevalent neurological disorders worldwide. Seizures can appear at any moment in life, arising from genetic conditions, traumatic brain injuries, infections, metabolic disorders, or sometimes even no identifiable cause at all.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The thieves who stole some of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre last month while dressed as maintenance workers may have been a shock to some, but for the Mob Museum’s Claire White, the brazen tactics utilized in the heist were nothing new.

SFGate

Of the many nightlife options on the Las Vegas Strip, The Pinky Ring is unique. It’s not a concert venue per se, but once you’re inside, it’s impossible not to gravitate toward the stage, which floats at the edge of a cozy, rotunda-like room. A six-piece band supplies a steady stream of funk and R&B hits from the 1980s and ’90s, and the warm, pulsating sound has the exhilarating effect of a tabernacle choir. Everyone wears the dazed, relieved look of someone who’s stumbled into a party they actually want to be at.

Liberal Arts Experts

An expert in the evolution of human nutrition, hunter-gatherer societies, and the division of labor between the sexes. 
An expert on the anthropology of migration, gender, social movements, and activism.
An expert in child development. 
An expert on the impact of Alzheimer's and other diseases on cognition, memory, brain processes, and neural interactions.
An expert in the literature of the United States.
An expert in forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, human remains, and skeletal biology.

Recent Liberal Arts Accomplishments

Congratulations to the following Department of Philosohpy students for their accomplishments:   Outstanding Graduating Philosophy Major – Michael Lehavi Academic Excellence Graduating Major – Eric Anderson; Cameron Farella; Michael Lehavi; and Samson Whetstone William James Essay Contest – winner Emmanuel Yirdaw, for "…
Fatima Suarez (Sociology) published a book titled, Latino Fathers: What Shapes and Sustains Their Parenting, with New York University Press. Use code NYUP30 for 30% off at checkout at nyupress.org.
Michael Green and A.B. Wilkinson (both History) participated as panelists at a special Vegas PBS preview event for the forthcoming documentary, "The American Revolution," produced by Ken Burns and his company.
Fatima Suarez (Sociology) published a book titled, Latino Fathers: What Shapes and Sustains Their Parenting with New York University Press. 
Graduate student Grace Goodwin (Psychology), undergraduate Sebastian Mehrzad (Princeton University), and faculty Jorge Fonseca (Computer Science), Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health), and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published their research article, "Classification of AD and bvFTD using neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric variables: a…
Katherine Walker (English) presented a paper at the Sixteenth Century Society Conference titled "Tamburlaine and the Reshaping of the Landscape." The essay studies early modern geology and land mass formations and considers how the dramatist Christopher Marlowe incorporated emergent scientific ideas into his epic tragedy.