Metallica challenges marching bands at all collegiate levels to craft the most exciting, unique, and impressive performances of Metallica's music. Voting for our UNLV Star of Nevada Marching Band ends on November 30! Cast your vote for us in the Metallica marching band competition! Text #UNLV to (833) 609-0330 to cast your vote! Bands who enter the…
Omega Mart welcomes MFA candidate Dan Hernandez to the Meow Wolf multiverse. Hernandez invites explorers to visit his installation 'The Stupendous Intergalactic Interdimensional Trophy Room.' This liminal space features a mesmerizing collection showcasing bizarre relics from across time and space, including unusual trophies, alien heads and mysterious mummified artifacts. Created by a rift…
Dean Nancy J. Uscher is Past President of ICfAD (International Council for Arts Deans). In that role, she recently presented an award to the Institute for American Indian Arts. "The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is one of the most distinguished cultural institutions in the United States. In my role as Immediate Past President of the…
Michael Jarett, Associate Professor and Design Specialist at UNLV Dance, has received the 2025 Richmond Theater Community Circle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design - Musical for his design of A Strange Loop, produced by Richmond Triangle Players in collaboration with Firehouse Theater in Richmond, Virginia, earlier this year. This is the fourth time Jarett has received…
Yoonji Park, who is currently enrolled in the DMA program at SoM, has made us all proud by winning the Absolute First Prize in the Bach International Music Competition in the United Kingdom. Additionally, she has received the Best Bach Performance Special Award. Congratulations! Bach Music Competition
We're thrilled to announce that our UNLV Architecture and NVASLA collaborative team has won first place in the 2025 Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) Challenge! The team documented Wingfield Park in Reno, NV, and this winning submission will be added to the HALS collection at the Library of Congress. Team Members: Dr. Jung-Hwa Kim, Assistant Professor, Landscape…
On October 2, 2025, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the UNLV School of Architecture, Danny Ortega, was honored with the Bill Tomiyasu Memorial Award at the Desert Green Conference. The award recognizes his more than twenty-five years of service as an educator and leader whose vision and dedication have greatly advanced the academic and professional landscapes of architectural…
American spiritual 'This Little Light of Mine' recorded by the UNLV Symphonic Winds, has been accepted in a publication deal with Seolta Music Limited, Dublin, Ireland. Music professor Anthony LaBounty arranged the orchestration to feature UNLV voice Alumnus Christian Shelton and the student musicians in the UNLV Symphonic Winds. Congratulations! More about Christian Shelton: Christian Shelton,…