In The News: Greenspun College of Urban Affairs
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With the new Tourist Safety Institute at UNLV, students and faculty will be able to find more ways to develop safety strategies for the massive events this city is known for hosting.
The lure of food videos can easily lead viewers down the rabbit hole of an endless stream of content designed to make you hunger for more. Its called Mukbang, a sort of video, typically found on YouTube and TikTok, with hosts enthusiastically devouring a lot of food while interacting with their captive audience.
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Ever find yourself inexplicably sucked into (another!) video of social media influencer downing a massive feast of 100 different kinds of shrimp? You can't scroll past. And before you know it, you're craving crustaceans, making reservations at that new seafood restaurant, and searching for recipes.
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Jacob Thompson, a communication studies professor, notes that Scott faces unique challenges due to his position in the Republican Party and his race. While he excels in projecting positivity and optimism, the Republican Party tends to adopt a more critical and pessimistic tone as the opposition party.
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Members of the public are invited to watch the live broadcast in the building's first floor lobby. Each day will feature guests from UNLV, covering topics such as research, administration, sports and arts.
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Interdisciplinary program will use research to define best practices for visitors’ physical safety, but also promote social inclusion, cybersecurity
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From Formula 1, to the Super Bowl, and even EDC, Las Vegas is becoming the destination for some of the largest events in the country. But for many people we talked to safety is top of mind.
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Las Vegas author Michael Easter has gone deep into the origins of a question many of us find ourselves asking in today’s technologically-driven, fast-paced society: why can’t we stop looking at our phones?
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With a chance to establish a leading role, UNLV has launched its Tourist and Safety Institute with $1 million appropriation from the Nevada Legislature.
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Safety and security for Nevada’s visitors will be the focus of the newly launched Tourist and Safety Institute at the UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs.
Author and UNLV journalism professor Michael Easter is an expert on self-improvement. His first book, 2021’s “The Comfort Crisis,” showed how to unlock the power of discomfort to upgrade your life. His new book, published today, is “Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset & Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough.”
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UNLV announced a new institute dedicated to tourist safety after the Legislature approved $1 million in state funding for the program in June.