In The News: College of Liberal Arts

Las Vegas Sun

Sandi Benks has worked at the Love Ranch, a legal, licensed brothel seven miles outside of Carson City, for the past two years. She sees many clients on a regular basis — a relationship she’s been creative in maintaining during the coronavirus pandemic.

Fox News

One business owner is hoping a lawsuit he filed last week against the Small Business Administration will lay “bare” what he says are the disparities in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

KSNV-TV: News 3

A strip club business that operates in Las Vegas has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Small Business Administration after not receiving money from the $2 trillion federal coronavirus aid bill.

Las Vegas Sun

Like business operators throughout the Las Vegas Valley, Jason Mohney is trying to figure out how to support his employees amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Voice of America

Within a month of taking office, KMT Chairman Jiang Qichen initiated a series of reforms within the party, hoping to "redesign" the KMT to regain public recognition. He said at the inauguration ceremony of the new chairman in March: "I hope he can play a role of succession in the future and promote understanding and cooperation between different generations of the party."

Las Vegas Review Journal

Sam Lieberman knew everybody, from senators to barbers. But when he died April 3 at age 58, nobody attended his memorial service.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States we have seen a shift in the way we communicate, the way we approach personal hygiene, and the way we would normally enjoy our time with family and friends.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Experts are warning about the damaging effects the coronavirus crisis can have on one’s mental health. UNLV is offering free counseling to anyone who needs help getting through the pandemic.

KNPR News

When Governor Steve Sisolak ordered all nonessential businesses to close in order to slow down the COVID-19 outbreak last month, he specifically mentioned Nevada’s brothels and strip clubs.

Las Vegas Sun

Revenue from casinos in numerous U.S. states plunged in March as the coronavirus forced the shutdown of in-person gambling across the country in the middle of the month.

Las Vegas Sun

By the time the spread of COVID-19 closed much of Nevada, The Practice Mental Health Clinic at UNLV had already been working on a plan to provide free, accessible mental health care for those who need it during the crisis.

National Endowment for the Humanities

UNLV’s University Libraries and department of film received a $271,580 National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Award for their project, “Inventing Hollywood: Preserving and Providing Access to the Papers of Renegade Genius Howard Hughes.” Project co-leaders Heather Addison, chair of the UNLV department of film, and Cyndi Shein, head of special collections’ technical services at UNLV Libraries, reflect on the importance of preserving the collection.