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Together with the Brookings Institution, UNLV faculty & students, we create quality, independent, impactful research on critical policy areas for the Intermountain West.

NEXT WEEK: The Jungle Grows Back: Adjusting to a Post-American WorldJoin us next Wednesday, October 7th at 4pm in the UN...
09/30/2026

NEXT WEEK: The Jungle Grows Back: Adjusting to a Post-American World

Join us next Wednesday, October 7th at 4pm in the UNLV Greenspun Hall auditorium for our first Brookings Scholar Lecture. In this lecture, Brookings Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Robert Kagan will explain how the world order, created by the United States after World War II, is at risk of being imperiled by jungle-like chaos.

Learn more about the lecture here: https://www.unlv.edu/event/jungle-grows-back-adjusting-post-american-world

Congratulations to our three student researchers who graduated from UNLV this semester: Sean Curry, Sydney Mitchell, and...
05/18/2026

Congratulations to our three student researchers who graduated from UNLV this semester: Sean Curry, Sydney Mitchell, and Anthony Arroyo! We wish them each the best of luck in their future endeavors and know they will be change-makers wherever they go.

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West invite you to attend this year's Robert E. Lang Memorial Fellowship Lect...
04/23/2026

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West invite you to attend this year's Robert E. Lang Memorial Fellowship Lecture. Join us in the Greenspun Hall Auditorium Wednesday, April 29, at 4:00pm as Celene Fuller, the 2025-2026 Robert E. Lang Memorial Fellow, presents a lecture titled, "Abortion Politics and Policy: Stigma and Access in the Silver State."

Learn more about this lecture and RSVP here: https://mailchi.mp/855ecc68614d/next-week-robert-e-lang-memorial-fellowship-lecture?e=17c7490b34

The Robert E. Lang Memorial Fellowship is awarded annually to support an outstanding UNLV Ph.D. student completing a dissertation in metropolitan public policy broadly defined. At the end of their fellowship year, fellows present their doctoral research in a public forum.

Join us next Tuesday, March 3rd at 4pm for our last Brookings scholar lecture of the Spring semester, "The Price of Demo...
02/26/2026

Join us next Tuesday, March 3rd at 4pm for our last Brookings scholar lecture of the Spring semester, "The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History" by Brookings senior fellow in governance studies, Vanessa Williamson.

From tariffs to “no tax on tips”, taxation has often been a hot topic in American elections. What is not commonly recognized, however, is that—from the framing of the Constitution to the decades-long backlash to the civil rights movement—taxes have been at the heart of battles over the breadth of our democracy. Brookings senior fellow Vanessa Williamson will discuss her new book, The Price of Democracy, revealing that fights over taxes have always been proxies for deeper conflicts over who is included in “We the People.” Throughout American history, would-be authoritarians have used two strategies to gain and hold power: subverting elections and undermining the tax system.

These lectures are free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

Save the date and join us Tuesday, February 10th at 4pm for our first Brookings scholar lecture of the Spring semester, ...
01/28/2026

Save the date and join us Tuesday, February 10th at 4pm for our first Brookings scholar lecture of the Spring semester, “The Rise of the Global Middle Class” by Brookings senior fellow in global economy and development, Homi Kharas.

For the last two hundred years, ever since the start of the Industrial Revolution, the most successful economies in the world have developed large, stable middle classes. With globalization, the expansion of the middle class has accelerated to a historically unprecedented speed. Las Vegas shows how middle-class aspiration can thrive only if it becomes compatible with social and environmental reality. This lecture argues that although the middle class across the world is becoming more dissatisfied, its dream for a good life can still be realized if it adopts norms for spending patterns, work habits, and public policy choices that favor sustainable production and consumption.

Learn more about our upcoming lectures by clicking the link in our bio.

Robert E. Lang Memorial Fellowship recipient Emylia Terry will cross the commencement stage to accept her Ph.D. in publi...
12/16/2025

Robert E. Lang Memorial Fellowship recipient Emylia Terry will cross the commencement stage to accept her Ph.D. in public health with a 3.98 GPA. Her dissertation focused on the public health costs experienced by LGBTQ+ people and how to bolster existing mental health infrastructure for that community. With a decade of experience in community health and policy, Emylia Terry brings her commitment to health equity back to UNLV as a visiting assistant professor for the School of Public Health.

Read more about her story here: https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/championing-access-unlv-graduate-tackles-nevadas-health-inequities?utm_source=unlvtoday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=unlvtoday-20251216

11/25/2025

A round of applause for our amazing student researchers that participated in the Fall 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium!

Our researchers presented Mountain West data on extremely low-income renter households, the digital economy and equitable access to jobs, and immigrant population.

Interested in this data? Find them in the Data Hub: https://www.unlv.edu/datahub

On October 15th, Brookings Mountain West hosted its last lecture in the Fall 2025 Brookings Scholar Lecture Series, “U.S...
10/20/2025

On October 15th, Brookings Mountain West hosted its last lecture in the Fall 2025 Brookings Scholar Lecture Series, “U.S. Water Infrastructure: Diving Into Needs and Recent Policy Developments” with Joseph Kane, fellow in Brookings Metro. Kane explores challenges to our regional and national water infrastructure with a focus on how federal, state, and local leaders—including utilities, policymakers, and other stakeholders—are coordinating to launch more proactive water infrastructure plans and investments.

The lecture recording is now available to view. Click the link in our bio to watch.

On October 15th, Brookings Mountain West hosted "U.S. Water Infrastructure: Diving Into Needs and Recent Policy Developm...
10/20/2025

On October 15th, Brookings Mountain West hosted "U.S. Water Infrastructure: Diving Into Needs and Recent Policy Developments" with Brookings fellow in Brookings Metro, Joseph Kane. The lecture recording is now available to view here: https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/brookings_lectures_events/165/

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