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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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People |

The Robert Scott Hooper Photograph Collection at UNLV preserves decades of celebrity portraiture, commercial imagery, and the changing visual culture of Las Vegas. 

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Campus News |

New community partnerships expand offerings for hands-on activities and off-campus learning.

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Business and Community |

How a stubborn bird dropping on a campus building helped spark the winning students’ idea for a high-rise window-cleaning drone.

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People |

Joyce Woodhouse leaves Nevada better for children and families.

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Campus News |

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

Kpop Club dance team on stage
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.

Liberal Arts In The News

KSNV-TV: News 3

The much-anticipated move would give Fertitta control of one of the largest gaming companies in the world and put him in direct competition with MGM.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The much-anticipated move would give Fertitta control of one of the largest gaming companies in the world and put him in direct competition with MGM.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The much-anticipated move would give Fertitta control of one of the largest gaming companies in the world and put him in direct competition with MGM.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Tilman Fertitta’s history in Las Vegas extends back to when he bought the Golden Nugget more than 20 years ago, he is also the biggest shareholder in Wynn Resorts.

Associated Press

Billionaire hospitality mogul Tilman Fertitta is acquiring Caesars Entertainment for almost $6 billion, a merger that would create one of the largest gaming empires.

The Hill

Large numbers of U.S. Latinos are signing up for jobs in immigration enforcement. Roughly half of all U.S. Border Patrol agents self-identify as Latino, as do 30 percent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Liberal Arts Experts

An expert on the history of slavery and racism's impact on African Americans' health care.
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An expert in political philosophy, philosophy for children, and Latinx philosophies.
A historian of European culture from the age of Enlightenment through the present day.
An expert in Nevada, Civil War, and gaming history.
An expert in gender, sexuality, sexual politics, prostitution, sex work and sex trafficking.
An expert in psychology, particularly the relationship between inner experience and mental health. 

Recent Liberal Arts Accomplishments

Christopher Edwards (College of Liberal Arts Advising Center) recently presented on the importance of equity, representation, and inclusion within academic advising at the 2026 NACADA Region 8/9 Conference in San Diego, California. The session, titled "We're Here Too," examined... the lived experiences of Men of Color — particularly Black queer…
Aude Picard (Life Sciences) and Cheyenne Brokaw (Law) and master's student Patrice Boyd (English) recently published a research article in the journal Geobiology, titled: "Membrane Vesicle Formation Removes Iron Sulfide Mineral Crusts From the Cell Surface of Growing Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria." In this project, funded by NSF EPSCoR, the team…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) and others published an article, "The People's Liberation Army's Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence Highlighting Integration as Key to "Intelligentization" Goals", with RAND Corporation. This article analyzes how China's PLA introduced and integrate AI into its equipment and operation through an…
Fatima Suarez's (Sociology) book, Latino Fathers: What Shapes and Sustains Their Parenting, received honorable mention for the 2026 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from the American Sociological Association Race, Gender, and Class Section.
Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published an op-ed titled "The US Immigration Workforce is Overwhelmingly Latino. The Reasons Why Are Rooted in History" in The Hill.
Graduate students Pratik S. Paranjape and Tahoura Mohammadi Ghohaki, along with faculty member Samsoon Inayat (all Psychology), published a new article in Scientific Reports titled “A transparent wheel-based platform for locomotion-on-demand and multi-view body and facial kinematics in head-fixed mice.” The study introduces a modular behavioral…