News: College of Liberal Arts
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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."
Psychology professor Marta Meana appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show and discusses what ignites desire in women.
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History professor Thomas Wright explores government repression in Latin America in his award-winning book.
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More Than 2,700 Students Eligible to Participate in Ceremonies
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UNLV has dominated the Regents’ Creative Activities Awards, drawing attention to the varied artistic talents found in several disciplines on campus.
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The Nevada Test Site Oral History Project is documenting, preserving, and disseminating the stories of those involved in one of the most technologically sophisticated yet controversial endeavors in Nevada’s history
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