News: College of Fine Arts
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After a semester of learning the behind-the-scenes operations at the Barrick, junior J. Walsea offers advice for any student seeking internships as the pandemic rages on.
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The UNLV Honors Jazz Trio also was a winner at the prestigious Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival College Combo Division in 2018 and 2020.
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Following a public call for submissions, what returned tackled topics engendered by "Justice" from police brutality and Black Lives Matter to transgender civil rights, protest, decay and erosion, lives lost, equity, and reform.
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Proceeds from this live-streamed concert benefit the UNLV Performing Arts Center to offset costs incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Students working in the campus digital media agency acquire valuable job skills.
Reasons for hope aren't just confined to UNLV's academic halls. Here are just a few places where 2020 inspired staff and students to find new paths forward.
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This special WebEx conversation is open to the UNLV community.
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This dance department concert will be live-streamed on YouTube.
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The third in the PAC series of student performances features bassist Alyssa D'Anduono.
A collection of news stories highlighting UNLV’s commitment to community, health care, and research.
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Alumnus Eric Whitacre's YouTube sensation Virtual Choir is the creative project that had been planning for the pandemic moment for 10 years.
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In the second of the PAC series of student performances, "Letters Home" features letters, cards, and articles written by soldiers who served in Iraq and/or Afghanistan (and their families).