Dean Nancy Uscher is proud to announce the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Professor Award is Louis Kavouras, chair of the Department of Dance. For more than 30 years, under his extraordinary leadership and dedication, UNLV Dance has greatly enhanced the life of the College of Fine Arts and UNLV, and has been recognized as one of the top 10 dance programs in the country. The…
In March 2025, the Nevada Regents’ Award for Creative Activities was presented to Jennifer Bellor, Coordinator, Composition; Assistant Professor, Composition; Artistic Director, Nextet. Congratulations Jennifer!
Congratulations to this year's UNLV winners of the Sphere XO Student Design Challenge: Sebastian Rubi – Architecture Junior Gage Glass – Entertainment Engineering and Design Senior
Professor Emeritus Brackley Frayer recently traveled to Minneapolis to design a production of 'Rhinocerous' for Pangea World Theatre. Directed by Dipankar Mukherjee, Pangea's artistic director. Department alumni Kurt Jung (2013) lives in Minneapolis and was the head electrician for the show. "Pangea World Theatre strives to build a just world by creating multi-disciplinary Theatre that…
UNLV Dance recently returned from New York City where they once again performed with the famed Martha Graham Dance Company in the Joyce Theatre, presenting Erick Hawkins’ 1971 work Angels of the Inmost Heaven. In 2023, UNLV Dance also was invited to present an Erick Hawkins work in the University Partners Showcase as part of the Martha Graham Dance New York Season at the Joyce…
Entertainment Engineering and Design students recently met with world renowned designer Michael Curry on stage at the Awakening Theater at Wynn resorts for a special invitation event. Curry talked about his personal design process and his philosophy regarding art.
The UNLV Violin Studio is proud to announce a new partnership with the College of Charleston (CofC) through a dynamic student and faculty exchange program. As part of this collaboration, violinist and CofC Professor Lee-Chin Siow is currently in residence at UNLV, accompanied by two of her students. During their visit, they will receive lessons from UNLV violin professors Prof. Weiwei Le and…
UNLV architecture student Judy Shaban has been accepted into the Summer Academy in Architecture and Urban Studies program in Paris, which will take place from June 23 to August 1, 2025. As part of the program, she will intern with Reid Brewin Architectes (RB-A), a global firm specializing in technology-driven projects such as research centers, laboratories, and sustainable workspaces. The Summer…