News: College of Liberal Arts
![Gwynn Hobbs Grant speaks at a podium](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71537_039.jpg?itok=iA9otlcA)
Former UNLV basketball player Gwynn Hobbs Grant encourages Native American youths to create their own success.
![Poet Heather Winterer reads selections from her book "The Two Standards" during the Black Mountain Institute Alumni Reading Series](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/BMI_D70796_31.jpg?itok=1PCBfbw1)
Writers will contribute to the cultural landscape at UNLV and the community.
![Fireworks ignite during commencement](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/2017_grad_D70274_84.jpg?itok=o0GAxb6E)
UNLV has a commencement tradition for the president to select and highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
![Manuela Bowles sits at a table and reads](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/nc_D71294_018.jpg?itok=pJXM1eH_)
New graduate and author Manuela Bowles on rejection letters, Margaret Atwood, and building a career long before commencement.
![student Alexis Hilts and assistant professor Matt Bernacki](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/AlexisHilts.jpg?itok=S1Z4i_Xt)
Undergrad Alexis Hilts will present her honors thesis at the American Psychological Association's national conference.
![Closeup of books](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D66150_32.jpg?itok=z6u9X-6t)
From professional reasons to personal connections, faculty across campus share why they’re fond of certain works they penned.
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Offered for the first time this year, the Community Engagement Awards recognize four UNLV employees for commitment to community-focused research and service.
![Artwork by Julie Oppermann](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Optic.jpg?itok=0WsGb_FT)
A pair of neuroscience professors break down Julie Oppermann's works, which very deliberately manipulate the brain.
![Tubes containing cannabis](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71458_20.jpg?itok=_CldwX3F)
UNLV alumni tell us why they took a chance on Nevada’s budding marijuana industry.
![Herb J. Santos Jr.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Herb-Santos-Jr_h.jpg?itok=w8X4XmJ7)
Herb J. Santos Jr., the Liberal Arts Alumnus of the Year, finds opportunity in adversity.
![Miesha Marzell](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/MieshaMarzell.jpg?itok=2LOOhE6d)
Former UNLV posdoctoral scholar Miesha Marzell credits her fellowship for helping her career as a professor.
![Jonathan Rhodes Lee](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/JRLee.jpg?itok=Q3BTK1C7)
Consonance, dissonance, and a snippy critic were at the heart of this derisive term for some of classical's greats.