# Event Details

- **Event Name**: University Forum Lecture: Letters to the Editor: Writing in Support of Democracy in This Time
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Alejandro Lugo, professor emeritus at New Mexico State University, will explore how "Letters to the Editor" can shape public discourse, support a free press, and encourage dialogue on a broad range of pressing topics within and beyond the 'Ivory Tower.'

This event will take place in the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art auditorium. It is free. Everyone is welcome.  

University Forum is organized by UNLV’s College of Liberal Arts. Contact the College with any questions about this lecture: 702-895-3401 liberalarts@unlv.edu  This talk is co-sponsored by the College of Education's Dr. Porter Lee Troutman Jr. Center for Multicultural Education. The University Forum Lecture Series is organized by UNLV's College of Liberal Arts.

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Jackie Amézquita, Entre California y Baja California (detail), 2024, Soil source between the border that connects the states of California in the US, and Baja California, Mexico; corn masa, salt, cal (dehydrated lime), rain water, framed with copper. Image courtesy of the artist. This artwork will be on view at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art from Feb 20-June 13, 2026.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/las-vegas/university-forum-lecture-letters-to-the-editor-writing-in-support-of-democracy-in-this-time/200029601586733
- **Event Categories**: business, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Las Vegas
- **state**: NV
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV, United States, Nevada 89154
- **lat**: 36.10607
- **long**: -115.13832
- **full address**: 4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV, United States, Nevada 89154

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is University Forum Lecture: Letters to the Editor: Writing in Support of Democracy in This Time being held?
  - **A:** University Forum Lecture: Letters to the Editor: Writing in Support of Democracy in This Time takes place on Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 08:30 pm at 4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV, United States, Nevada 89154.
- **Q**: Who is organizing University Forum Lecture: Letters to the Editor: Writing in Support of Democracy in This Time?
  - **A:** University Forum Lecture: Letters to the Editor: Writing in Support of Democracy in This Time is organized by UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art.

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