In The News: Department of History
The free presentations begin with "Lincoln and Native Americans" presented by Michael S. Green, associate professor of history at the University of Nevada - Las Vegas. Green is author or editor of three books on the Civil War, including his new “Lincoln and Native Americans” as well as “Lincoln and the Election of 1860.”
Suffice it to say, wardrobes have changed in the last two years, and not in the way fashion trends normally change. The pandemic has shifted the way people approach clothing.
A 15-year-old boy has become the youngest person ever to graduate from the University of Nevada — with what was his fifth degree in just four years.
UNLV grad Jack Rico turns heads with his age.
A boy from California has graduated from college with honors at the impressive age of 15.
Accepting the past can be difficult, especially when it involves murder and mobsters.
It's not exactly dead, but President Biden's two trillion dollar social policy bill is on life support, now that one Democratic senator, Joe Manchin from West Virginia, said he can't support the measure.
John Acres created the gaming industry’s first player tracking system in the 1980s, giving casinos the ability to follow a customer’s slot machine wagering activity and reward the gambler with various incentives. The problem, he said, is casinos are still using the same technology decades later.
A little more than a month after MGM Resorts , the next chapter of the iconic, deeply influential property is ready to be written.
The achievements and character of the following winter 2021 graduates reflect the extraordinary work that goes on day in and day out in Southern Nevada’s institutions of higher learning.
MGM Resorts announced in November that it was planning to sell The Mirage Hotel and Casino to reduce its inventory on the Las Vegas Strip.
MGM Resorts announced in November that it was planning to sell The Mirage Hotel and Casino to reduce its inventory on the Las Vegas Strip.