News: College of Liberal Arts

Portrait of Miles Boulton
People |

An advisor with an unexpected career path

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Campus News |

Study focused on understanding how people are reacting emotionally to the tragedy at the Route 91 country music festival Oct. 1.

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51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ History |

An early look at the benefits of gaming put 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ on the national research map.

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51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ 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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Campus News |

In a post-truth world, embracing critical thinking is the only way to counter click bait.

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Campus News |

University counseling experts step up to offer emotional support after the mass shooting in Las Vegas.

James M. Myman posing in hallway.
Campus News |

New research advances understanding of the function of the brain’s anterior cingulate cortex and its tie to human learning.

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Research |

Professor Lynn Comella on the adult store industry, a highly profitable segment of popular culture that scholars and policymakers know surprisingly little about.

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Arts and Culture |

In an era of answers at our fingertips, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s real role is to promote ignorance in our students, argues the Barrick Museum’s D.K. Sole.

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51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ History |

As both a graduate and a history professor, Michael Green has watched 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s growth with some awe. It’s future, he says, will be all the more astonishing.

Kendra Patterson is studying abroad in China this semester with support from a scholarship.
Campus News |

Learn from 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students who just landed prestigious scholarships to study in Asia, Central America, and Europe.

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Research |

What do a heist thriller, the evolving human diet, water quality, consumer behavior, literature, and Mars have in common? All were the foundation of research awards 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ faculty gar-nered this year.