News: College of Liberal Arts

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Campus News |

Alumni Association announces recipients of its Alumni of the Year, Outstanding Faculty Awards. Fred Albrecht receives top honors.

Michael Ian Borer
People |

Got Red Sox fever? Here’s why you’re a devoted fan.

Ranita Ray
People |

The new ethnographer explores the reasons it's so hard to escape poverty.

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Campus News |

University one of only 30 nationwide to earn ‘seal of approval’ from Jed Foundation, a national non-profit that advocates suicide prevention among college students.

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Arts and Culture |

Writers and speakers engage audiences in lively social and political debate at BMI's series of free public events.

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Campus News |

University Forum brings experts from UNLV and across the nation to discuss a range of political, social and cultural issues this fall.

Jefferson Kinney
Research |

Psychology professor Jefferson Kinney picks apart the brain to find the cellular mechanism responsible for Alzheimer's and schizophrenia.

Thelma Todd in a still from 1931
People |

Murdered by a mobster? A surprising suicide? Alumnus says the truth behind Thelma Todd’s death wouldn’t make a dramatic movie ending.

Andy Kirk
People |

The director of UNLV's public history program explains why the myth that Las Vegas has no history persists.

Couple walking their dogs
Research |

How attached you are to your dog might have something to do with how it came into your life, UNLV anthropology study suggests.

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Business and Community |

Recent political science grad Steven Washington on how Agassi Prep has rounded out his college experience, and why we should all chip in to help others.

UNLV medical anthropologist Daniel Benyshek and doctoral student Sharon Young
Research |

UNLV anthropology survey examines why women consume their placentas after childbirth.