News: Department of History

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People |

Susan Lee Johnson will serve as first endowed chair in Liberal Arts; position will elevate history program to leader in the study of the Intermountain West.

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Campus News |

In the wake of the Oct. 1 shooting, UNLV academics found new avenues for study. In the process, they’re helping our community explore the issues and heal from the trauma.

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Research |

That pain in your neck may be from your tablet device, how librarians help keep students in school, a research course that has undergrads digging up viruses, and more.

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Research |

In the last two years, two UNLV faculty members and four students have visited various parts of the world to study, teach, and foster international goodwill as part of the prestigious Fulbright Program.

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Research |

How the Whole Earth Catalog’s optimistic message reinvented the environmental movement in 1968

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Research |

UNLV history professor Michael Green on why the state became a magnet for federal projects.

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Campus News |

Faculty hire, expected as early as Fall 2018, will further position UNLV history department as leader in the study of the Intermountain West.

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Research |

A unique teaching model at UNLV engages students in the classroom and empowers them beyond it.

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Arts and Culture |

Barrick Museum display for Dia de los Muertos welcomes additions through this week.

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UNLV History |

It wasn't a popular decision to tear down Maude Frazier Hall, but the demolition had a silver lining for preservationists.

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UNLV History |

As both a graduate and a history professor, Michael Green has watched UNLV’s growth with some awe. It’s future, he says, will be all the more astonishing.

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Research |

New book on 19th century Mexican community proves a written tradition, previously assumed to have ended around the battle for independence, continued beyond.