David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently published a CDC Gaming Reports commentary, "They Will Return." It sketches the impact of COVID-19 on the Las Vegas convention business, and explains why it likely will rebound.

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently published an article about the Kefauver Committee's hearing in Las Vegas on the Mob Museum's blog as part of that institution's commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the hearing. The second-floor courtroom in which the committee, a Senate investigatory panel chaired by Tennessee Democrat Estes…

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently published an article, “Venomous in the Extreme: Understanding Frank Sinatra’s Acrimonious 1963 Exit from Nevada Gaming.” An outgrowth of his research into the history of the Sands Hotel that culminated in the recent publication of his latest book, At the Sands, the article examines the colorful history…

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently gave a presentation at the historic Mob Museum on the legacy of the Sands Hotel. The Sands was one of the glamorous resorts that transformed Las Vegas into an international resort destination in the 1950s. In his talk, Schwartz traced the story of the Sands, from its Mob origins and the Rat Pack to…

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently had an essay, "Dreaming of Zion: The American West as Place or Process in Fallout: New Vegas's Honest Hearts DLC," published in First Person Scholar. The essay posits that, as a Western set in a post-apocalyptic Mohave, the video game Fallout: New Vegas demonstrates that the big questions that…

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently delivered his public lecture as the 2020 Scholar in Residence for the Neon Museum. In "After Howard, Before the Mirage: The Early Corporate Era of Nevada Casinos and the Shifting Visual Landscape of Las Vegas," he talked about the "middle child" of Las Vegas casino history, the period between 1967 and…

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently published an extended blog post highlighting his research as the Neon Museum's 2020 Scholar in Residence. Called “After Howard, Before The Mirage: The Early Corporate Era of Nevada Casinos and the Shifting Visual Landscape of Las Vegas,” it considers an often-neglected period of Las Vegas casino…

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently published an essay on Desert Companion's DC Blog examining how Las Vegas recovered from a pair of deadly fires in 1980/81 that shook public confidence in high-rise safety, particularly in Las Vegas.

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently had a paper based on his keynote address published as a chapter in the proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Alfa BK University in Belgrade, Serbia. “To Stand the Test of Time: A Close Reading of Sid Meier's Civilization V as Text” examines the…

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently published an essay in Desert Companion on the deeper meaning of the COVID-19 shutdown for Las Vegas, examining how, over its 115-year history, the city has embraced a variety of "essential" roles, the latest of which was hospitality and entertainment capital. But what happens to the world's most…

Melissa Bowles-Terry (Faculty Affairs) has been chosen as the 2020 recipient of the Library Instruction Round Table Librarian Recognition Award. The Library Instruction Round Table is a part of the American Library Association. The Librarian Recognition Award was created to recognize an individual’s contribution to the development,…

David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently hosted a conversation with Las Vegas musical legend Frank Leone at the Clark County Library. Leone, who arrived in Las Vegas in 1967 to work as a pianist, conductor, and musical director, accompanied many of the era's top entertainment draws: Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Steve and Eydie, Red…