News: College of Liberal Arts

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Business and Community |

UNLV organization works to save state's most culturally significant sites from the wrecking block. The reason: To improve our quality of life.

Stewart Indian School in Carson City
Research |

UNLV organization works to save state's most culturally significant sites from the wrecking block. The reason: To improve our quality of life.

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Research |

Forty percent of Las Vegans surveyed say they'd leave Nevada if they could live anywhere they wanted. One local leader is taking a step to change that.

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People |

An interview with economics professor Keith Schwer, who died Dec. 3 at age 66. National media outlets and local business leaders often called Schwer first for insight on the community's robust growth and dramatic downturn over the last two decades. One of his greater accomplishments, however, was helping to give voice to Nevada's children.

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People |

Jon Cobain, the first Rebel to cross the stage at commencement, went on to head his own mergers and acquisitions firm. He's shared his success with his alma mater and now challenges all the grads who followed him to reinvest in education.

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UNLV History |
History professor Eugene Moehring is a respected scholar on urban history issues and the West. But the Harry Reid Silver State Research Award recipient says the students are still the most important part of the research equation.
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People |

Students put down books and pick up passports for unique learning experiences.

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Research |

The UNLV Baby and Child Rebel Lab researches why babies stereotype and how stereotyping can be curbed before children reach adulthood.

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Campus News |
Kerkorian, Molasky to be Awarded Honorary Doctorates; Ceremony Available Live Online for First Time
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Arts and Culture |

Like religion, sociologist Michael Ian Borer says, baseball and Fenway Park give Bostonians something larger than themselves to believe in, "something that transcends the here and now."

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Research |

Psychology professor Marta Meana appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show and discusses what ignites desire in women.

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Research |

History professor Thomas Wright explores government repression in Latin America in his award-winning book.