Department of Political Science News
The Department of Political Science is dedicated to excellence in research, teaching, and service. Our students learn and receive mentorship from faculty members who specialize in various subjects including American politics, comparative politics, international politics, political theory, public law, and public policy.
Current Political Science News
A monthly roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV staff and students.
A collection of news highlights featuring students and faculty.
Brookings foreign policy expert and UNLV faculty to discuss Southern border relationship as part of free public lecture series.
Roundup of the hottest news headlines featuring UNLV students and staff.
News highlights featuring UNLV students and staff who made (refreshing) waves in the headlines.
The program will help Alejandro Rios prepare for career in immigrant and refugee advocacy.
Political Science In The News
Nevada Swing State Insights.
Nevada Swing State Insights.
Since Donald Trump arrived on the national scene, the women of America have been central to the fight to keep him from amassing power. On January 21, 2017, the day after Trump’s thinly-attended inauguration, hundreds of thousands of women flocked to the streets of Washington, D.C. for the worldwide Women’s March, protesting the ascension of an acknowledged sexual predator who would be found liable for rape years later.
Las Vegas celebrity Dan Bilzerian has shoveled mounds of money into Nevada politics, allowed by a legal loophole that lets him give the maximum over and over again to the same candidate through corporate entities, records and interviews show.
She loves raisin bran and exercise, and is as comfortable talking about abortion as she is about beer. Meet Kamala Harris -- or at least a rather different side that emerged in an unconventional US media blitz this week. After weeks of largely avoiding interviews since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, Harris has taken a leaf out of rival Donald Trump's playbook and started speaking to a host of podcasters and friendly outlets.
Question 1 on the Nevada ballot proposes amendments to modify the authorities of the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents. Another election means another go at trying to make question one a law. It failed in 2020.