News: Department of History

award recipients
Campus News |

UNLV faculty and students honored with Service-Learning, Community-Based Research, Faculty/Staff Outreach, and Student Service awards.

Two women viewing artwork
Arts and Culture |

The Barrick Museum's Axis Mundo exhibit explores the intersectionality of LGBTQ and Latinx artists.

image of desert mountains
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.

display of items, including a picture
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.

Palm trees and U.N.L.V. banner
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.

Palm trees and U.N.L.V. banner
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.

view of Earth from the moon
Research |

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

desert mountain landscape
Research |

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

Len Jessup, Harry Reid and Jon Huntsman Sr.
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.

Student giving a presentation
Research |

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

Mexican ofrenda altar
Arts and Culture |

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

illustration of Maude Frazier Hall and Hospitality Hall
UNLV History |

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