In The News: College of Liberal Arts
Even after the kids go to bed, many parents struggle to switch off. These 10 expert-backed wind-down ideas can help you relax, reset, and ease into the rest of your night.

AI cuts 16,000 U.S. jobs monthly as Gen Z enters workforce.
Younger adults tend to be more impulsive and digitally fluent, making them statistically higher-risk for problem gambling. But Kraus cautions that older adults face their own vulnerabilities and concerns.

Taking place Monday, June 8, through Friday, June 12, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the UNLV summer program invites students to step into the past and explore the vital role museums play in preserving and interpreting history.

From 2016 to 2024, the share of Americans who reported feeling significant stress about presidential elections rose 17%. Election stress is now reported by nearly 70% of people who responded to an American Psychological Association survey.

The family behind Primm Valley Resorts says it is working to revive the fading Nevada gambling hub after mass closure announcements sparked fears that it's about to become a ghost town.

The family behind Primm Valley Resorts says it is working to revive the fading Nevada gambling hub after mass closure announcements sparked fears that it's about to become a ghost town.

From the races for governor to a rural county commission seat, candidates are wrestling with the economic and environmental effects of the divisive industry.
Las Vegas has never been an all-inclusive destination. At least not truly. The familiar model, where a set and often discounted price covers a room, meals, drinks and activities, seems fundamentally at odds with how the city traditionally does business. Lose, or spend, enough at the tables or slots, and most of those things would be on the house, arguably creating a comparable perception of value.

UNLV’s newest graduates crossed the stage this spring with degrees in hand and a wide range of stories behind them. UNLV awarded more than 3,700 degrees during its spring 2026 commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday.

Opposition websites, attack signs and mirroring allegations that their fellow Republican opponent is not as conservative as they claim are at the center of an increasingly antagonistic primary race for an open Clark County Commission seat.

From lotteries to casinos, horse tracks to mobile sports betting, tribal bingo halls to prediction markets, most of America is awash in gambling as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary. But gambling was popular in America before there even WAS an America. Native Americans played games with sticks and dice, including a hide-the-stone-in-a-moccasin game that could be the precursor of the modern shell game. British settlers brought their country's love of gambling to the new world, betting on horse races, playing cards and dice games in taverns, and using lotteries to help finance public works projects, including the very establishment of some of the American colonies long before they declared independence in 1776.