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College of Liberal Arts News

The College of Liberal Arts offers students a well-rounded education in the humanities and social sciences. Students develop strong analytical and communication skills for a lifetime of learning and discovery that can be applied to a wide variety of careers.

Current Liberal Arts News

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Campus News |

UNLV’s commencement tradition highlights exceptional students who embody the highest level of academic excellence and community involvement.

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Arts and Culture |

As BTS returns to Las Vegas for a new world tour, UNLV's K-pop Club turns a shared interest into a student community.

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People |

The Eileen McGarry Career Champion of the Year focuses on the 'how' and 'why' of career readiness.

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Campus News |

A flowery collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

Jennifer Byrnes sits at desk with skull on it
People |

Jennifer Byrnes’ work has helped resolve unidentified and missing person cases, filling critical gaps in service and expertise.

UNLV undergraduates pose for photo outdoors in front of red UNLV letters
People |

Students Lex de Asis and Adrianna N. Tsao among select group nationwide selected for the prestigious research award.

Liberal Arts In The News

Nevada Independent

A federal wire charge conviction was wiped away by Trump’s pen. Could a clear primary win against three opponents help end her troubles with judicial overseers?

Live Science

Human brains have been shrinking since prehistoric times, some studies suggest. Whether this is true and why it has happened are debated.

Shoeleather Magazine

The men were lined up for X3 Expo, the largest adult content convention in the world. The two-day event features hundreds of adult content creators ready to meet and greet their fans, sex toy stands, and live screenings of adult films.

Los Angeles Times

Southern Californians traveling the arid stretches of the I-15 would see Primm pop up. As he drove to Sin City for bowling tournaments, Honell would stop and "drop a few coins" into the slot machines. It was a gambling oasis — a little less flashy and a little more affordable than Vegas and 45 minutes closer.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

The shuttering of Primm follows years of sluggish business in the area, which was, at one time, a remote Nevada boomtown, according to UNLV history professor Dr. Michael Green.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

The shuttering of Primm’s final operative casino – as well as a truck stop, the Lotto Store and other area businesses – ends a slow bleed of commerce in a one-time remote Nevada boomtown that included a golf course, three casino/resorts, a popular buffet and an arena, a UNLV professor said Wednesday.

Liberal Arts Experts

A historian of European culture from the age of Enlightenment through the present day.
An anthropologist and expert on hunter-gatherer adaptations in American Southwest to arid environments, and the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture
An expert on mental health counseling and counselor education. 
An expert on the mental health of the LGBTQ population and HIV/AIDS research.
A historian and curator of 20th century American culture, specializing in clothing, political fashion, and the use of fashion in the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. 
An expert in neuroscience, glia biology, and human behavior.  

Recent Liberal Arts Accomplishments

Diana Beltran and Rachael Robnett (both Psychology) recently published their paper, “Mentoring, Academic Belonging, and Imposter Phenomenon Among Undergraduate Women: A Critical Feminist Perspective,” in Education Sciences. Their mixed-methods study examined mentoring, imposter phenomenon, and academic belonging among undergraduate women through a…
Alumna Melanie Garcia published her honors thesis completed under the mentorship of graduate student Maegan Nation and faculty member Kara Christensen Pacella (all Psychology) in the Journal of American College Health. This project used a case-control design to compare eating disorder risk among documented and undocumented Latinx college students.
Richard Chang, Diana Beltran, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, and Rachael Robnett (all Psychology) recently published their paper entitled, "‘Feeling out of place’: A mixed methods investigation of the impostor phenomenon among BIPOC and LGBTQ STEM college students" in Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. Their mixed-methods study…
Jesse Fitts' (Philosophy) paper, "ChatGPT Is Not Bullshit, nor Is It Not Not Bullshit," has been accepted for publication in Ethics and Information Technology.
Roberto Lovato (English) conducted a seminar — “Write Crisis: How to Write Your Truth Without Going Broke” — on May 2, 2026, at the Rooted and Written Conference, the first tuition-free professional writing conference and workshop for non-white writers in the United States. Lovato is the founder of Rooted and Written.
Roberto Lovato (English) participated on a panel about immigrant and non-immigrant resistance to ICE. The Migrant Realities of Work and Care Conference took place at Stanford University on May 1, 2026.