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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

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Campus News |

A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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People |

With programs spanning bachelor’s through doctoral levels, students can tailor their education to their specific professional goals.

undergraduates
Campus News |

A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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People |

The Robert Scott Hooper Photograph Collection at UNLV preserves decades of celebrity portraiture, commercial imagery, and the changing visual culture of Las Vegas. 

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Campus News |

New community partnerships expand offerings for hands-on activities and off-campus learning.

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Business and Community |

How a stubborn bird dropping on a campus building helped spark the winning students’ idea for a high-rise window-cleaning drone.

Liberal Arts In The News

New York Times

Scientists drove ATVs for miles and then hiked miles more through dense forest to reach a site untouched by looting on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. They named it Minanbé, meaning “there is no path.”

Inside Asian Gaming

It proved to be quite the prophetic question at a time when Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton, the wife of former President Bill, were about to fight it out to become the 45th President of the United States of America. This was the topic of IAG’s 2016 cover story, “Clinton v Trump,” which asked more specifically what their respective appointments could mean for the gaming industry domestically and abroad.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Sweeping Supreme Court opinions released Monday are expected to reshape how elections are run in more than half the states, raising new questions about what comes next for voting rules and future legal fights.

Associated Press

On a cool fall evening after the end of World War II, Las Vegas watched “officialdom and ‘cafe society’ turn out for the opening of America’s first all-you-can-eat buffet,” a local paper wrote.

KNPR News

When Ruby Duncan died, you found her obituaries all over the media here. That doesn’t often happen anymore, especially when the person in question never held a public office. But Ruby Duncan was a force for change who made a big difference in Nevada … and elsewhere.

Playboy

The members of the United Brothel Workers are in the fight of their lives.

Liberal Arts Experts

An expert on American literature and Las Vegas music.
Kirk is an expert who studies the intersections of cultural and environmental history in the modern U.S. with a special interest in the American West.
A licensed clinical psychologist and expert in addiction, sexual trauma, substance use disorders, and gambling disorder.
An expert on the mental health of the LGBTQ population and HIV/AIDS research.
An expert on gender, sexuality, media, and popular culture.
An expert in paleontology and human evolution.

Recent Liberal Arts Accomplishments

Shane Kraus (Psychology) spoke on The Gambling Files podcast about research on addictions in U.S. veterans, "Addiction 33: Shane Kraus on Veteran addiction issues, plus the legendary Howard Stutz."
Michelle Tusan (History) published, ‘1776: Teaching the Declaration of Independence’ in the Journal of British Studies.
Roberto Lovato (English) wrote a feature-length article in The Nation magazine titled, "Saving the Scarlet Macaw in Narco Country." Lovato reports on efforts of Honduras' Miskito peoples to save the scarlet macaw in one of the remotest regions of the American continent.
Paul Vincent Ruma (Anthropology) published the peer-reviewed article, "Foundation Lost: Breaking's Knowledge Transmission Emergency and the MEBTRILL Foundation Method," in Global Hip Hop Studies. The article examines the challenges of preserving foundational knowledge in breaking as the dance expands globally and introduces the MEBTRILL…
Michael Green (History) presented two programs for "250 to 250," a project created by historian Heather Cox Richardson examining the history of the United States ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Renato (Rainier) M. Liboro (Psychology) recently published a book chapter, "Improvisation and Social Justice in Contemporary Music Therapy," in the Oxford Handbook of Improvisation in Music Therapy. This book chapter delves into the realm of music academia in order to examine and interrogate the roles of and the work in the field of…