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A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and student changemakers at UNLV.
The University Libraries' expands its 'Represent' collection with recommendations from faculty, staff, and students.
The associate dean at University Libraries ensures there's access to top-tier research resources while creating a space that fosters creation and re-creation.
The exhibit is a response to legislation that prohibits discrimination in the workplace and public schools based on hairstyles and textures.
A roundup of news stories highlighting UNLV faculty and students who made headlines locally, nationally, and globally.
UNLV librarian chaired the national book selection committee to find themes related to the LGBTQIA+ youth experience.
Libraries In The News
Her job is to collect and document the history of Las Vegas at the UNLV Library, Special Collections and Archives division. Su Kim Chung on the history of Las Vegas and how she is working to preserve it.
March is Women’s History Month — and Las Vegas has no shortage of trailblazing women who have helped make our city what it is today. Essentially: If Las Vegas were to have its own Mt. Rushmore of notable ladies, who’d be on it?
Drive to the 900 block of West Bonanza Road in Las Vegas' Historic Westside, and all that’s left of the Moulin Rouge Hotel & Casino is a giant vacant lot and a series of peeling murals on an adjacent building. But this spot on the National Register of Historic Places is a portal into the city’s Black history.
Discrimination based on someone's hair. It's a very real and common story for many people of color.
Hawaii lawmakers are eyeing changes that could make a trip to Las Vegas more expensive for Islanders. The bill proposed by state senator Stanley Chang argues that Hawaii residents spend hundreds of millions of dollars in gambling in other places like Las Vegas, and in return, there’s no benefit to Hawaii.
The Las Vegas showgirl was beautiful, majestic, and larger than life. In full feathers and heels, a showgirl could measure 10 feet tall. She exuded poise and panache, and her revealing costume was bedecked in glimmering Parisian crystals and expensive fur. She was a city icon who helped Las Vegas become the Entertainment Capital of the World.The showgirl is a distant memory for most, but there is hope that she will one day return to the stage.
