News: College of Liberal Arts

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Campus News |

Participants hope to tap into pipeline leading to legal and public service careers.

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People |

Mariana Sarmiento Hernández, once an undergraduate Dreamer, now helps undocumented students navigate the intricacies of immigration policy.

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People |

Nevada State Bank President Terry Shirey says high-quality medical school is key to moving Southern Nevada forward.

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Arts and Culture |

UNLV sports psychologist Brad Donohue on Netflix docuseries "Losers" and a new mental health approach to helping athletes find the silver lining after loss.

Artist Amand Browder, standing, shows English professor Jarret Keene and MFA student Holly Law how to thread a sewing machine during a workshop
Arts and Culture |

A soft-handed English professor helps stitch together a giant installation with UNLV Transformation Fellow Amanda Browder

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People |

The Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute, in concert with PEN America, offers a creative home in Las Vegas for the Egyptian novelist and journalist through its City of Asylum Program.

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Research |

Technology overload is harming our physical, mental, and social health, says a UNLV sociologist.

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Arts and Culture |

The Barrick Museum's Axis Mundo exhibit explores the intersectionality of LGBTQ and Latinx artists.

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Arts and Culture |

The Believer Festival is a three-day roving celebration of writing, music, film, comedy, and visual arts hosted by UNLV's Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute. The event is April 25-27, with tickets available starting Feb. 15.

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Campus News |

Through progressive grant funding, researchers from three UNLV schools encourage greater use of palliative care among Southern Nevada’s Asian communities.

A photo of UNLV archaeologists Diane and Arlen Chase examining items on the floor of a tomb in Caracol, Belize.
Research |

UNLV’s Diane and Arlen Chase engage in fieldwork and new technologies to uncover Maya history at Caracol, Belize.

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Campus News |

The UNLV anthropology student Trevor Pollom's research in nutrition took him to Africa as a tribe transitions to cultivated crops.