Greenspun College of Urban Affairs News
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Current Urban Affairs News
A collection of news stories highlighting university experts’ insights on and contributions to health, environment, and society.
Academic Success Center employee named a President’s 2022 Classified Employees of the Year.
Vincent Nava, ’19 MA Public Administration, works at the governor's office of new Americans.
A collection of news stories highlighting UNLV experts who made headlines locally, nationally, and around the world.
Study by UNLV online misinformation expert analyzes conservative, liberal Twitter reactions to U.S. gun violence.
UNLV senior Mae Agbilay's research shapes programming for Native American youth.
Urban Affairs In The News
The Clark County School Board of the future could add two politically appointed members and a student representative, but the concept of a hybrid board isn’t warmly received by its current members.
Michael DiVincino’s earliest memory is of waking up to the FBI bursting into his family’s Las Vegas home in the 1960s to take his father away in handcuffs.
Campaigners for the frontrunners, Deputy President William Ruto and veteran politician Raila Odinga, are circulating dozens of posts claiming that their opponent is engaged in "vote rigging plots", said Benedict Manzin, a sub-Saharan Africa analyst at UK-based intelligence firm Sibylline.
The campaign for Kenya's presidential election has officially closed but the relentless -- and dangerous -- flow of disinformation continues online, as keyboard warriors battle to discredit rivals by sharing fake rigging claims, experts say.
The term “fake news” has now become meaningless. Just ask Mary Blankenship, a policy researcher at UNLV and a native of Ukraine.
Sex is a part of everyday life in Las Vegas. But there’s more to this conversation…and most of us aren’t comfortable talking about it. Host Vogue Robinson talks with Rebecca Bosetti, assistant professor at the UNLV School of Social Work, about her new course, “Sexual Behavior & Society: The Good, the Bad, and the Controversial,” and why Las Vegas needs more sex-positive social workers.
