UNLV Symphony Orchestra Performs Ukrainian Composer Myroslav Skoryk's Concerto for Orchestra Oct. 25
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UNLV Symphony Orchestra Performs Ukrainian Composer Myroslav Skoryk's Concerto for Orchestra Oct. 25
The orchestra is conducted by artistic director Taras Krysa.![three men holding different instruments](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-10/cal_cgt_0.jpg?itok=uIroYKO4)
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California Guitar Trio Returns to the UNLV Performing Arts Center Nov. 4
Since 1991, the trio has captivated audiences by seamlessly crisscrossing genres, intersecting rock, jazz, classical, and world music.![man sitting on white sofa](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-10/2023_0630_UNLV_ArpinRick_MichaelRobertsPhoto_010_2000x1333.jpg?itok=DQM1TduH)
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Finance Expert Rick Arpin's Career Just Adds Up
The Lee Business School Alumnus of the Year has found balance between advising clients in Las Vegas' biggest industries or volunteering his time at local organizations.![woman in fabulous outfit posing at bottom of staircase](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-10/2023_0714_UNLV_StevensShanice_MichaelRobertsPhoto_002_1_2000x1333.jpg?itok=7d8RIZ2H)
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Building Bridges Between Education & Business: Shanice Stevens
The Urban Affairs Alumna of the Year works to encourage self-success and eliminate generational poverty.
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UNLV Rebel Homecoming Through the Years
Homecoming brings students and alumni to gether to celebrate at traditions like the golf cart parade, festival, and football game.![victorian portraits of three composers](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-10/chamber_bookends1_cal_1200x800.jpg?itok=Yws1enWO)
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UNLV Chamber Music Society Presents 'Bookends I, featuring Bryan Conger' Oct. 26
The program includes John McMurtery performing Bach's Partita in A Minor for solo flute, Mozart's Quintet in E-flat Major for piano and winds, and Brahms' Clarinet Trio, Op. 114.
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Extraordinary Eclipses: UNLV Cosmologist Paul La Plante Explains the 'Luck' Factor Behind the Celestial Events
UNLV team prepares scientific ballooning experiments for two upcoming solar eclipses.![three individuals inflating a balloon for a scientific project](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-10/D75100_001-Balloon-Launch-Simulation_2000x1334.jpg?itok=8GmGIv6a)
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Eclipses for Education: UNLV Engineers Scientific Ballooning Project
Student team to participate in upcoming solar eclipses for nationwide NASA project; Oct. 14 celestial event visible in Las Vegas.![two drawn figures with long hair](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-10/cal_firstlight_1300x867.png?itok=aANl3DXx)
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UNLV Dance Presents 'First Light' Oct. 20-21
The concert features works by faculty and artists-in-residence, including choreography by the newest UNLV Dance faculty member Hayley Meier.![Heather Boakye-Wenzel, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-10/Medicine-Heather-Boakye-Wenzel.jpg?itok=kNGEY18l)
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Physician Finds 'Fulfillment Taking Care of the Sickest Patients'
A childhood malarial infection inspired Heather Boakye-Wenzel 'to become a doctor to help people ... to make people feel better.'![man leaning on wall painted with bright colors](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-10/2023_071023_UNLV_SimsDouglas_003.jpg?itok=OU-A6-7E)
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Douglas Sims on Mentorship, Taking Risks, and Being a Rebel for Life
The College of Science Alumnus of the Year has taken a learning-by-doing approach as a professor and now dean at the College of Southern Nevada.![three individuals looking at and using ultrasound machine](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-10/D75127_001%20Melinda%20Bechtel-Ultrasound.jpg?itok=p8Gu5IVM)
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