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Honors College News

The Honors College is a selective college within the university that offers an enhanced undergraduate core experience for highly motivated students. We partner with the "discipline" colleges at UNLV where honors students pursue their academic majors.

Current Honors News

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Campus News |

Welcome to the fabulous history of the Entertainment Capital of the World.

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A selection of top news headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

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More than a quarter-century ago, Andrew Belanger landed an internship with the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s public services department — the same department the Honors College Alumnus of the Year now runs.

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From trips to Peru and an alien zoo, UNLV faculty lead students on learning journeys via the university’s newest immersive learning tools.

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Felicia Hersh’s original career plan vanished in the blink of an eye. Thankfully, another quickly surfaced, nudging the Liberal Arts Alumna of the Year into a career rich with history.

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The top news stories starring university students and staff.

Honors In The News

The National News Desk

Sporadic flight cancellations that have popped up over the government shutdown could quickly escalate after the Federal Aviation Administration said it would cut traffic by 10% at dozens of major airports as air traffic controllers work without pay with lawmakers struggling to break an impasse to bring an end to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The thieves who stole some of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre last month while dressed as maintenance workers may have been a shock to some, but for the Mob Museum’s Claire White, the brazen tactics utilized in the heist were nothing new.

Reno Gazette-Journal

President Donald Trump set off a flurry of questions with a recent social media post that puts Nevada squarely at the center of the ultimate hot button issue: nuclear testing.

Reno Gazette-Journal

President Donald Trump set off a flurry of questions with a recent social media post that puts Nevada squarely at the center of the ultimate hot button issue: nuclear testing.

Live Now Fox

Last week, a Virginia couple filed an emergency motion to stop President Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing, citing violations of federal preservation laws. To learn more about the history of the East Wing, LiveNOW’s Shawna Khalafi is speaking with Michael Green, an associate professor of history in UNLV's Department of History.

Las Vegas Review Journal

President Donald Trump’s call to resume U.S. nuclear weapons testing prompted quick condemnation from some Nevada congressional Democrats. It’s unclear exactly what directive Trump gave in a Wednesday post on his social media platform and whether he meant that a nuclear warhead should be detonated in the testing. But any changes to the program could run through Nevada, home of the former Nevada Test Site where nuclear weapons were once tested and are now maintained as the Nevada National Security Site.

Honors Experts

An expert in ethnic and national identities, geopolitics, and cross-border cooperation in Eastern Europe and the European Union. 
An expert on commercial aviation, airport history, and travel.
An expert in Nevada, Civil War, and gaming history.
An economist studying microeconometrics, economics of food security, health economics, and urban economics        

Recent Honors Accomplishments

Julie Acheson, Safiyya Bintali, and Andrew Borts (all Information Technology) presented at the AI in the Classroom: A Virtual Summit, hosted by UNLV and UNR. Acheson, joined by Sam Leif (Teaching and Learning), presented on strategies to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into course creation and design workflows while recognizing the…
Michael Green (Honors), as executive director for the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, oversaw their annual conference, July 30-August 1, in Santa Clara, California. Graduate assistant Fabian Rebolledo also participated. Green also chaired a panel featuring three recent UNLV Ph.D.'s in history: Christina Lamoreux,…
Michael Chin (Honors College) published a work of creative non-fiction with Louisiana State University's New Delta Review titled "And He Didn't Get Hurt."
William Sipe (Honors College), assistant professor-in-residence, has released a co-authored book with Casey Ryan Kelly titled, Manifesting Violence: White Terrorism, Digital Culture, and the Rhetoric of Replacement. It investigates the ways in which racial hate is spread through digital ecosystems, including through jokes, memes, and manifestos.…
Michael Chin (Honors) published a piece of creative non-fiction titled “Phantom Pain” with Florida International University’s Gulf Stream Literary Magazine.
Michael Chin (Honors College) published his new book, "Territories," a collection of linked short stories, through Serving House Books.