In The News: College of Liberal Arts

Yahoo! Sports

Oliver Lewis wasn't supposed to win the first Kentucky Derby.

NewsBeezer

A new study finds evidence of a disturbing link between sports betting and risky drinking. The results, published in JAMA network openedsuggest that people who bet on sports, e-sports and daily fantasy sports are significantly more likely to engage in binge drinking than those who do not gamble or gamble in other activities.

PsyPost

A new study finds evidence of a troubling connection between sports gambling and risky alcohol consumption. The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, suggest that individuals who bet on sports, esports, and daily fantasy sports are significantly more likely to engage in binge drinking compared to those who do not gamble or who gamble on other activities.

Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español

Combining the education of children with that of future professionals is the perfect combination for the practice of UNLV philosophy students who have a joint preschool program on campus where they encourage children under 5 years old to do or think about big questions and interact with the world around them daily.

Nevada Independent

Almost a year after major pharmacy chains began waffling at the prospect of filling mifepristone prescriptions, Walgreens and CVS began dispensing the abortion pill in Nevada during the last few weeks. The decision comes after a concentrated push by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), who called on the chains to follow through with Food & Drug Administration (FDA) guidance updates finalized in 2023 allowing mifepristone to be dispensed and sold at pharmacies.

PBS

One track on Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” honors a long-celebrated, oft-miscast heroine of American feminism: actress Clara Bow. As historians of the 1920s, we’ve studied Bow’s fame and her cultural legacy. At her ranch in rural Nevada, we oversee a collection of her personal artifacts, including her clothing and a makeup case.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

The final track on Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” released on Friday, April 19, is named after a prominent Nevada historical figure. “You look like Clara Bow in this light, remarkable,” Taylor sings as the song about ambitious women begins. But who exactly was Clara Bow?

Louisville Courier Journal

Oliver Lewis wasn't supposed to win the first Kentucky Derby. The jockey atop Aristides was instructed to have the horse serve as a "rabbit" and go hard at the beginning of the race to wear down the field, so stablemate Chesapeake could preserve his energy for the end to ride to victory.

San Bernardino Sun

In 1988, author and women’s studies professor Evelyn Torton Beck published an article entitled “The Politics of Jewish Invisibility” in which she lamented “the silence surrounding the recognition that anti-Semitism, whose shadow continues to fall on women’s lives, is, or ought to be, a feminist issue.”

National Geographic

While experts disagree on how common self-talk really is, they wholeheartedly agree that it’s a valuable tool for self-discovery.

Hill

In a town typically light on fashion and heavy on partisan friction, what one high-profile figure wore to a swanky White House affair has ignited a ferocious debate seemingly just as polarizing as politics in Washington.

Nevada Business

Vegas All In, a new, original docu-series from Vegas PBS, premiered in March and airs on Channel 10 at 10 p.m. and digital installments are now also available on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube under the handle of @VegasAllInPBS.