In The News: College of Liberal Arts

A recent survey of sex workers in Nevada found nearly all lack confidence in the criminal legal system and feel law enforcement doesn’t take sexual assault allegations seriously.

Bach to the future: Neuroscientist says a centuries-old classical tune could be the secret to crushing your to-do list.
Should you listen to music while you work? It’s a polarizing question. Some people find working in silence boring and say that music helps them focus on the task at hand. Others say that music makes it hard for them to concentrate, causing them to work slower.
Storing more than a century of American IDs, the program’s database is a go-to resource for cultural historians — and a source of inspiration for parents-to-be.

President Trump has repeatedly shared an image of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's finger tattoos in an effort to link the Maryland man, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador on March 15, to the notorious MS-13 gang.
President Donald Trump is doubling down on his claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador despite court orders, is affiliated with the MS13 gang. He shared a photograph of the man’s hand tattoos online, but experts say it appears to have been digitally altered. Others point that tattoos do not constitute proof of gang affiliation.
US President Donald Trump has insisted that a digitally edited image of the tattoos on the hand of Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Ábrego García, deported to El Salvador, is irrefutable proof of his alleged ties to the MS-13 gang.
The Trump administration has asserted time and time again that the Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador had finger tattoos who proved he was a member of the MS-13 gang. But experts are casting doubts on those statements.
A McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act for homeless youth in Elko County has lost its federal funding from the Nevada Department of Education.
The Trump administration has asserted time and time again that the Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador had finger tattoos who proved he was a member of the MS-13 gang. But experts are casting doubts on those statements.
The Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) recently led a delegation to Las Vegas, Nevada, to gain a firsthand look at the city’s role within the U.S.-South Korea relationship and its influential network of Korean American community and business leaders. Across a range of sectors, from advanced manufacturing and clean technologies to creative industries and entertainment, the city of Las Vegas and southern Nevada more broadly offer great business incentives for Korean companies looking to expand in the United States.

Over the past two decades, literary fiction has become a largely female pursuit. Novels are increasingly written by women and read by women. In 2004, about half the authors on the New York Times fiction best-seller list were women and about half men; this year, the list looks to be more than three-quarters women. According to multiple reports, women readers now account for about 80 percent of fiction sales.