Department of History News
The Department of History offers a curriculum that embraces the panorama of the past while also helping students fulfill their constitutions, humanities, multicultural, and international requirements. Our programs and courses also aim to enrich student's abilities to research, critically analyze, and effectively communicate.
Current History News
Historic preservation group calls for action to sustain survival of 12 Silver State treasures.
A monthly roundup of the top news stories at UNLV, featuring the presidential election, gaming partnerships, and much more.
Has candidate mudslinging and voter vitriol always been this unpleasant? UNLV history expert Michael Green explains the evolution of political decorum in America.
A monthly roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV staff and students.
A collection of news highlights featuring students and faculty.
Here's the history behind the 2,000+ acres slated to substantially expand UNLV's footprint in the valley.
History In The News
Newcomers to Nevada might be surprised to learn the state’s capital isn’t in the most populous area of Las Vegas, or even the “biggest little city” of Reno, but is instead 30 miles south of Reno and a nearly seven-hour drive from the state’s population center.
“The Holocaust: Reconstructing Shattered Humanity” is now on display at the Governor’s office located off Bermuda Road and Harrah’s Court, south of Harry Reid International Airport. Heidi Straus is the president of the Nevada Center for Humanity and curator of all the artifacts. She’s teamed up with UNLV grad students to display the collection. Straus has spent years gathering never before seen items.
A new exhibit on the Holocaust has opened at the Nevada governor's office in Las Vegas. Gov. Joe Lombardo's office, the Nevada Center for Humanity, and the UNLV Reid Public History Institute hosted an open house Tuesday for the exhibit, titled "The Holocaust: Reconstructing Shattered Humanity."
It’s hard to imagine Las Vegas casino behemoth MGM Resorts International associated with failure. But the company’s 33-acre MGM Grand Adventures theme park, which first opened Dec. 18, 1993, and closed less than seven years later, has to qualify as one of the city’s historic flops.
It’s hard to imagine Las Vegas casino behemoth MGM Resorts International associated with failure. But the company’s 33-acre MGM Grand Adventures theme park, which first opened Dec. 18, 1993, and closed less than seven years later, has to qualify as one of the city’s historic flops.
Nevada’s landscapes are etched with stories, from sprawling mountains to stretches of arid desert, all bearing traces of a past too often forgotten in today’s rush to the future.
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