News: College of Liberal Arts

Kayla Bland, a participant in UNLV's Journey program examining a microscope slide.
Business and Community |

UNLV is a host site for the federally-funded Journey program, which puts Native American and other minority high school students interested in health research into college labs.

Xiangning Chen holds a cigarette with smoke resembling a DNA strand
Research |

Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine gene researchers clear the air on the link between schizophrenia and smoking.

UNLV professor Alyssa Crittenden with members of the Hadza of Tanzania.
Campus News |

UNLV joint study finds that elusive sleep patterns as humans age may have evolved to ensure safety.

Len Dessup shakes hands with Jon Huntsman, Sr. with Sen. Harry Reid watching on
Campus News |

Jon Huntsman Sr. gift honors Sen. Harry Reid and will help position UNLV history department as leader in study of the Intermountain West.

Gold Butte National Monument Petroglyphs
Business and Community |

Sociology-based program connects students to community issues and social justice causes.

Claytee White, Director, Oral History Research Center at the Historic Westside School
People |

Oral historian Claytee White has spent a career recording Las Vegans’ personal histories. Now she speaks about her own remarkable roots.

Dustin and Rochelle Hines
Research |

Husband-and-wife team Dustin and Rochelle Hines research brain cells in their quest for solutions to degenerative diseases and developmental disorders.

Palm trees and U.N.L.V. banner
Campus News |

Jenna Morton will address next generation of Nevada leaders June 8 at UNLV.

Gary Totten
People |

This chair of the English department finds the diversity of UNLV a good match for his interest in multi-ethnic literature.

Mecca Walker holds up UNLV license plate
Campus News |

UNLV plates drive scholarship increases for Rebels.

Gwynn Hobbs Grant speaks at a podium
Athletics |

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
Arts and Culture |

Writers will contribute to the cultural landscape at UNLV and the community.