![Karsyn Wilson sitting on stage in an empty theater.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D72623_017.jpg?itok=UngsPbBs)
Through interviews and writing, this Research & Creative Honors Program participant discovered how storytelling empowers marginalized groups.
![Christen Lena Gomez working at her computer.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D72672_027_0.jpg?itok=K6soS8au)
This Research & Creative Honors Program participant makes educating children about the diversity within the Latino community fun.
![Rafael Antonio Armendariz working at his computer.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D72698_069_1_0.jpg?itok=8DPOQbCI)
This Research & Creative Honors Program participant sought to design a stadium that would better serve the community.
![A glass exterior wall faces a wood-lined hallway opposite an interior wall covered in plant life.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/DesertBloomInterior.jpg?itok=3Serxsl7)
Solar Decathlon team finishing design work on Mojave Bloom house before a year of construction.
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The students recently won three DownBeat Magazine Student Music Awards, bringing their total to 20 since 2010.
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UNLV’s Research & Creative Honors Program provides undergraduates with unique opportunities that prepare them for graduate studies.
UNLV alums share their experiences in the working world.
![Chris Jones winces, with just his head portruding from a black, bloblike art installation.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/ChrisJones1_1.jpg?itok=2NDz4aGo)
Illustrator Chris Jones came to Las Vegas no plan, and ended up navigating the media landscape en route to an MFA.
A collection of stories highlighting UNLV students and faculty who've made news thus far in 2019.
![A woman reacting to the CFA Garden.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/UNLVXL_garden.jpg?itok=rwpBjzrn)
Massive public art installations like The Flashlight and the CFA Garden show that public art comes in all shapes and sizes — including "huge."
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Based on the blockbuster movie starring Reese Witherspoon, this fabulously fun musical adaptation follows the adventures of West Coast sorority girl Elle Woods.
![Guitarist Jason Vieaux](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/wc.vieaux.jpg?itok=XoICBtDf)
"Gramophone" calls Vieaux "among the elite of today's classical guitarists" and NPR describes him as "precise and soulful."