David Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research) recently had a perspective piece on the National Football League, Las Vegas, and gambling, published in the Washington Post. Based in part on Schwartz's research into hearings held by the Commission on the Review of the National Policy Toward Gaming, the column put NFL owners' recent decision to permit…

The UNLV Boyd School of Law, the International Gaming Institute, and the International Center for Gaming Regulation hosted the Nov. 16 meeting of the Gaming Policy Committee, chaired by Gov. Brian Sandoval. David Schwartz (UNLV Center for Gaming Research) has been a member of the committee since 2014. The committee is charged with…

David G. Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research) moderated a panel for the U.S. State Department's Experience America program in October. The panel featured six Las Vegas tourism industry stakeholders discussing the dynamics behind the city's hospitality industry and its relevance for other countries. Thirty-five ambassadors and other guests…

Maria Jerenic-Pravica (Honors), Kate Wintrol (Libraries) , and Daniel Bubb (Honors) hosted a roundtable discussion at the National Collegiate Honors Council national conference on reasons why students should or should not go to college. The conversation resulted in fruitful dialog about the challenges students face not only deciding which college…

David Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research) wrote an analysis of the Trump Taj Mahal's recent closing, its former owner (and current Republican presidential nominee) Donald Trump's role in it, and its implications for Atlantic City and America that was published in the Washington Post. Schwartz is a former Taj employee.

Cory Lampert (University Libraries) recently was elected to a two-year term on the Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) Governing Board. MWDL is a collaborative of libraries, museums, and archives that provides a regional search portal for public access to the members’ digital collections. The board is charged in its first year to create and adopt…

Patrick Griffis (University Libraries) is one of 42 participants selected to attend the 2016 American Library Association Leadership Institute in August. The prestigious, immersive leadership development institute is aimed at mid-career librarians with a record of community and campus involvement. In addition to his duties assisting students and…

Michael Green, Eugene Moehring, Greg Hise, Andy Kirk, William Bauer, (all History), Claytee White, Su Kim Chung, (both Libraries) and Karen Harry (Anthropology), recently participated n a National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop in which 72 teachers from across the country studied "Hoover Dam and the…

Katherine Keller (University Libraries) was a guest speaker at San Diego Comic Con last week as part of a panel discussing “Navigating The Powers and Perils of Banned Books.” The panel, hosted by the Comic Book Defense League Fund (CBDLF), examined the history of censorship of graphic novels. Keller, who works in the Teacher Development and…

David G. Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research, UNLV University Libraries) was asked to put the recent awarding of an National Hockey League franchise to Las Vegas into historical context for the Washington Post. His opinion piece, which draws on his historical research into gambling, ran on JUne 27.

David G. Schwartz (Center for Gaming Research) presented a talk, "Inside the Minds of Table Games Managers," which shared the insights gleaned from the Center for Gaming Research's table games manager oral history project and the resulting book, Tales from the Pit, at the June meeting of the Southern Nevada Casino Chip and Gaming Token Collectors.

Katherine Rankin (Libraries) gave a presentation titled “Intellectual Freedom Issues in Libraries” at this year’s Nevada Library Association Conference. Rankin is the Intellectual Freedom Chair for the Nevada Library Association.