DATE: Thursday, December 6

TIME: 7:30 p.m.

LOCATION: UNLV Student Union Ballroom

DETAILS: Free and open to the public

Veteran diplomat Dennis Ross will examine the role of negotiation and mediation in efforts to achieve stability and peace among nations during a lecture sponsored by The Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at UNLV’s Boyd School of Law. Ross served on President Ronald Reagan’s National Security Council staff and as Middle East envoy and chief peace negotiator in the presidential administrations of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He is currently a counselor and distinguished fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He is also the author of two highly acclaimed books, “The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace” and more recently, “Statecraft: And How to Restore America's Standing in the World.”

The lecture is part of the Peace in the Desert Lecture Series. For additional information about the event, please contact Catherine Bacos at 895-5869.

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UNLV is a doctoral-degree-granting institution of 28,000 students and 3,300 faculty and staff. Founded in 1957, the university offers more than 220 undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree programs. UNLV is located on a 332-acre campus in dynamic Southern Nevada and is classified in the category of Research Universities (high research activity) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.