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College of Liberal Arts News

The College of Liberal Arts offers students a well-rounded education in the humanities and social sciences. Students develop strong analytical and communication skills for a lifetime of learning and discovery that can be applied to a wide variety of careers.

Current Liberal Arts News

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Campus News |

The College of Liberal Arts series connects the campus and community with experts who explore issues and the power of ideas.

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Business and Community |

While unremarkable in style, the now-destroyed University Gardens plaza offered some beloved businesses to the neighborhood over the years.

Norma Jean Almadovar, a sex worker rights activist, poses with her collection of documents.
Research |

The Norma Jean Almodovar Papers document decades of advocacy and expand 51ԹϺ’s collecting initiative on sexual entertainment and economies.

51ԹϺ professor Brian Villmoare (right, in blue shirt) working at the Ledi-Geraru research site.
Research |

51ԹϺ anthropologist and international research team find Ethiopian fossils; details published in Aug. 13 Nature paper.

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People |

Black Mountain Institute’s executive director reflects on its 20-year history.

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Campus News |

A collection of the most prominent news stories from last month featuring 51ԹϺ staff and students.

Liberal Arts In The News

Conversation

The appearance of the genus Homo is close to the Plio-Pleistocene boundary, reflected by fossils reported recently by Brian Villmoare and his colleagues and well dated at about 2.8 million years ago. The origin of Homo may relate to changes in temperature and associated changes in habitat, as recognised five decades ago by South African palaeontologists Elisabeth Vrba and Bob Brain, although they emphasised a date of 2.5 million years ago.

Nevada Independent

A charter provision allows the city’s demographer to use internal figures that factor in the area’s rapid growth — resulting in seven changes in 15 years.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Buffalo Bill's opened in May 1994 and opened a second tower in 1995. It was a hot spot early on and even served as a movie backdrop just three years after it opened.

Men's Journal

Researchers have discovered a new species of human ancestor that existed alongside Homo sapiens.

Reno News & Review

There is no trace of that enclave today, but a recently installed historic marker now commemorates the site of Reno’s lost Chinatown. For generations, it was a place of hard work, hope, celebrations—and despair.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo did not attend the first press conference held Wednesday to discuss a ransomware attack that crippled state government operations this week.

Liberal Arts Experts

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Recent Liberal Arts Accomplishments

Cheryl Abbate's (Philosophy) paper, "'Higher' and 'Lower' Political Animals: A Critical Analysis of Aristotle’s Account of the Political Animal," was re-published in Animal History: History as If Animals Mattered, edited by Andrew Linzey and Clair Linzey.
Teddy Uldricks (History) gave an extensive interview on China's role in WW II that was published in the Chinese newspaper, THE PAPER (in Mandarin). Another interview on Western views of China's wartime experience was published in the magazine of the Social Sciences in China Press.
For the second consecutive year, Kathy Callahan and Kirsten Barnstorf-DeBord (World Languages and Cultures) received a grant from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington, D.C., for its “Germany on Campus” initiative. This year's program explores the theme “Boost Your Career with German,” Sept. 29-Oct. 3. Events include a…
Professor Karen Harry and Liam Frink’s (both Anthropology) collaborative Alaskan pottery study was recently highlighted on the Decoder Ring podcast (segment from 22:30–35:30). The episode grew out of publicity from The New York Times-bestselling author Sam Kean’s book Dinner with King Tut, which profiled their work alongside that of anthropology…
Fatima Suarez (Sociology) published a paper in Men and Masculinities titled, "Latino Fathers' Hybrid Marginalized Masculinities."
Deborah Arteaga (World Languages and Cultures) published a book chapter (with Julia Herschensohn), "Methods and Approaches in Plurilingual Research," n the volume Acquisition of French as a Second Language, edited by Martin Howard (Routledge).