In The News: College of Liberal Arts

The Chronicle of Higher Education

John Haberstroh was interviewed for the weekly teaching newsletter of The Chronicle of Higher Education on alternative grading practices in humanities courses. Using specifications grading, Haberstroh communicates high expectations and increases transparency for students.

Orange County Register

SCNG journalists' first stop en route to New York for the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks is the fake version where genuine feelings were shared.

The Latin Times

A year after ICE enforcement fears began emptying Latino festivals and parades, the pattern is still reshaping how communities gather — and what it's costing them.

Desert Companion

The demise of the Sun’s print edition brings on a flood of memories about local newspapering’s glory days — the characters, the stories, the changing times.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Touted as a civil engineering marvel before construction even began, the immense Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge hangs about 90 stories above the Colorado River, overlooking the storied Hoover Dam.

CNN

On a work trip to Mississippi last year, Jason GaNun wound up trying three different hotel rooms to get some peace and quiet before a busy day — and none of them did the trick.

Education Week

Next month, the nation’s largest school district will try a new approach to tackle chronic absenteeism: appointing school avoidance liaisons. Liaisons—who may be teachers, administrators, or any other educator—will be responsible for tracking student absences and communicating with families about attendance drops, among other duties.

KNPR News

Last time, we were talking about Ruby Duncan, who died recently at age 93. In the late 1960s, she found herself on welfare. And she and other Black women found the system worked against them. 

Las Vegas Review Journal

Many of those lives lost on 9/11 are remembered in the UNLV Special Collections and Archives at the Lied Library. In the wake of the attacks, an impromptu shrine formed outside of New York-New York on the Las Vegas Strip.

Macau Business

Experts interviewed by Macau Business in both Macau and Nevada point to two defining future challenges: the integration of artificial intelligence and the intensifying demands of external regulation.

Formosa Television

Playing out on Taiwan's outlying islands: preparations for what many fear could be the world's next major flashpoint. This is part of Han Kuang, Taiwan's annual military exercises. Active units and reservists mobilized all over the island, reacting to a simulated invasion from China.

Las Vegas Review Journal

There was a time, not too long ago, when gamblers who exhausted their bankroll had to get up from a slot machine or table game to find more money. A trip to the ATM, casino cage or back to the hotel room created a brief pause before the next wager.