Alfredo Fernandez-Gonzalez (Architecture) and his involvement with CarbonPositive RESET! have led to the UNLV School of Architecture being the only academic institution to be a partner, along with the American Institute of Architects and more than 15 of the top global architecture and construction firms, being part of a global teach-in to showcase…

Fawn Douglas and Tiffany Lin (both Art) have work that is part of the exhibit, "A Claiming, Which Cannot Be Tamed." The exhibit will be on view at Holland Project Gallery in Reno through Oct. 9. It is a curatorial collaboration between Art BFA alumna Krystal Ramirez and Alberto Garcia R. The artwork created by Douglas and Lin (Art) considers…

Ashley Doughty (Art) is interviewed on the "Art People" podcast. She talks about her latest exhibition, “Kept to Myself,” at the UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art and the concepts behind this work. Listen in as we learn about her history, her love for teaching, and how she shares her experience as a Black woman through the art that she creates.

Sapira Cheuk (Art) will present a solo exhibition, "Dyads: Altered Bodies, Converging Forms," at Vision Gallery in Chandler, Arizona, scheduled to open Aug. 29. Included in the show are 'Pas de Deux in the Time of Quarantine,' a project in collaboration with 40 dancers from around the world and "Aligned Parallel," a painting installation that…

Emily Budd (Art) has published "Memorial for Queer Rhyolite, a Temporary Monument to Dreams in the Dust" in Engaging Collections, volume 1. Her essay unpacks the inspiration behind, and archival research supporting her reformative monument project in Rhyolite dedicated to Stonewall Park, a queer utopian effort in the 1980s. Engaging…

Linda Lister (Music) led a Yoga for Singers workshop via Zoom for the London International Gospel Choir.   

Judy Ryerson (Theatre),  resident costume designer for Nevada Conservatory Theatre, recently collaborated on the book Introduction to Theatrical Design and Production: A Collaborative Journey published by Waveland Press.  "UNLV developed an Intro to Design and Production class for all majors about 11 years ago," Ryerson said.…

Dak Kopec (Architecture) was invited by Anant National University in Gujarat, India to present on the topic of design as a supporter and detractor to mental health and well-being on August 15th. The event is sponsored by Ashoka Center for Well Being in Gujarat, India with the intention to inspire people to have conversations with each other…

Stephen Caplan (Music) has written an extremely informative article, recently published in The Double Reed, the quarterly journal of the International Double Reed Society. The article, "Six Metamorphoses After Covid," is about lessons learned during this pandemic. Highly recommended reading for all musicians (and non-musicians, too)!

Diana Eden (Film) is the author of the book Stars in Their Underwear: My Unpredictable Journey from Broadway Dancer to Costume Designer for Some of Hollywood's Biggest Stars. It chronicles her life as a costume designer for Las Vegas shows and Hollywood TV and films. Su Kim Chung of UNLV Libraries' Special Collections & Archives, facilitated…

Tiffany Lin (Art) has designed a flag about water and immigration that will fly on one of the flagpoles that surround the rink at Rockefeller Center in New York City from  Aug. 1 through Aug.16. Rockefeller Center received hundreds of submissions from across the world for this public exhibition. Lin's flag will fly with 191 other flags,…

Demecina Beehn (Art) presented "Can We Talk About This? On Diversity in Art Curation in this Cultural Moment" with Sheila Goloborotko of the University of North Florida. The program focuses on creating diverse art exhibitions from the ground up and the push to make cultural institutions anti-racist and is part of the virtual programming of the…