Greenspun College of Urban Affairs News
The Greenspun College of Urban Affairs is committed to creating contemporary solutions for resilient communities. Our academic programs focus on making effective public policy, creating support structures to meet behavioral and mental health challenges, ensuring cities are safe and prepared to meet emergency situations, effective and ethical journalism, and interpersonal and public communication strategies.
Current Urban Affairs News
What Zelda, Pokémon, and Grand Theft Auto can teach students about the world — one level at a time.
Officer ranks are growing as University Police advances efforts to ensure safety of the campus community.
From Ramadan-friendly meals to allergen-free food stations, campus dining adapts to serve UNLV’s diverse community.
Frances Young, a UNLV social work alumna and lecturer, turned her own postpartum struggles into a mission to expand mental health support for new parents.
Students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to participate in Rebels Give on March 12. UNLV’s annual daylong fundraiser will feature activities across campus and online.
Across generations, Rebels share how UNLV served as the setting for their love stories.
Urban Affairs In The News
For a project billing itself as “express public transportation,” little about The Boring Company’s proposed Music City Loop follows the traditional playbook. State officials, including Gov. Bill Lee, have promoted the tunneling project as fast, privately financed and built without taxpayer dollars. Critics argue that the framing may be misleading and question whether the proposed Loop project functions as public transit at all.
Two landmark court decisions this week in California and New Mexico are raising new questions about whether social media companies can be held legally responsible for harm tied to how their platforms work — and could influence a Nevada case targeting TikTok.
Published in the International Journal of Transgender Health, a new paper led by Kati McNamara, an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, analyzed 58 empirical studies on transgender service in the U.S. military.
Pandemic-era housing protections and support are a guide for Minnesota policymakers as Operation Metro Surge slows.
A stat sheet published by the University of Nevada Las Vegas Criminal Justice Department reveals that 92 percent of female festival attendees have experienced sexual harassment.
To winnow our approach here, we partnered with UNLV’s College of Urban Affairs and had some master students there do a study for us to identify the top 16 worst childcare ZIP codes in the county.
