In The News: College of Liberal Arts

PsyPost

A recent study published in the journal Social Sciences has found that stories about dangerous, attractive women are almost universal across different cultures. These cautionary tales suggest that men tend to fear the risks of emotional attachment and heartbreak just as much as they are drawn to physical beauty. Ultimately, this research indicates that the famous “femme fatale” character stems from human evolutionary psychology rather than simply local cultural attitudes.

Las Vegas Sun

In 2018, after 23 years as a Navy SEAL, Jon Dalton retired and turned his attention to a new struggle: living with depression and anxiety.

Las Vegas Sun

In 2018, after 23 years as a Navy SEAL, Jon Dalton retired and turned his attention to a new struggle: living with depression and anxiety.

Guardian

A cottage industry of women are selling courses aligned with a conservative movement that claims feminism is the source of women’s discontent

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Academics and activists in the Las Vegas Valley are remembering Ruby Duncan after her passing at the age of 93. She made it her mission to stand up for better services for needy families.

The Online Citizen

An investigation by Reporters Without Borders has exposed how Wubianjie Group, a China-based digital marketing company, covertly injected pro-Beijing political messaging into Taiwanese lifestyle Facebook pages reaching tens of millions of users — a pattern corroborated by earlier Taiwanese government and academic research.

Nevada Independent

‘Divorce,’ lawsuits and Supreme Court decisions: Why consolidating Northern Nevada firefighting services could be an uphill battle.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The great room at Walking Box Ranch has been restored to its 1930s heyday, when Hollywood stars Rex Bell and Clara Bow lived there. Just in time for the third anniversary of Avi Kwa Ame’s national monument designation, UNLV’s Public Lands Institute returned the original furnishings — including the couple’s dining table, still marked by hardened gum Bow once tucked beneath her seat.

Kleine Zeitung

For the first time, a study has examined the "Tradwife" trend. Instead of the expected "benevolent paternalism," the study leaders encountered enormous devaluation of women.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

For decades, the federal government considered marijuana as dangerous a drug as heroin. That changed Thursday when the acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanchard signed an order reclassifying state-licensed cannabis products from schedule I to a far less regulated schedule III. The order does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law, but it does ease some barriers to cannabis research. And that came as very good news for a pair of UNLV scientists.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

For decades, the federal government considered marijuana as dangerous a drug as heroin. That changed Thursday when the acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanchard signed an order reclassifying state-licensed cannabis products from schedule I to a far less regulated schedule III. The order does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law, but it does ease some barriers to cannabis research. And that came as very good news for a pair of UNLV scientists.

Nevada Current

Outgoing Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones has funneled thousands of dollars through various political action committees in support of his chosen successor.