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Current Urban Affairs News
How the gatekeepers in pop culture find exclusivity in their fandom.
A collection of news stories highlighting the people and programs of UNLV.
The UNLV Medical School and its students have been among the beneficiaries.
‘Orange is the New Black’ has mirrored real-life circumstances of women offenders since its debut in 2013.
Triple-major Martha Amaya’s research explores the interactions between policing, public policy, and crowd science.
A triple UNLV alum, Lisa Davis has found her passion for sustainability, helping people, and adventure in UNLV's MBA programs.
Urban Affairs In The News
You can blame inflation, high professor salaries, escalating costs for highly-amenitized dorms, and a host of other factors. Regardless, the consensus is clear: a college degree is only getting more expensive to attain in the U.S.
It’s still a common refrain on climate change: “I don’t believe it.”
The Litchfield Correctional Facility in upstate New York might be the fictitious background of Netflix’s hit series “Orange is the New Black.” But the stories of the inmates — portrayed by Hollywood actresses — could be easily found throughout real women’s prisons across the U.S. and other countries.
“Most of the young people that go to college go away, and then they don’t come back,” observes Lee Bianchi, a retired engineer who lived in Clinton, Iowa (pop. 26,647), from 1961 to 2008.
Temperatures have risen in almost every city in the United States since 1970, but no metropolitan area is heating up as quickly as Las Vegas.
Temperatures have risen in almost every city in the United States since 1970, but no metropolitan area is heating up as quickly as Las Vegas.
