News: College of Fine Arts
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Music professor Jonathan Lee on the birth of the Hollywood "Southern" — films and music that created the atmosphere of the South. Catch his University Forum talk Feb. 24.
![Andrew York](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/YorkPortrait.main_.jpg?itok=bdJFlGOg)
York is one of today’s best-loved composers for classical guitar and a performer of international stature.
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Why do we sing the national anthem before a ballgame and hear the same plucking of the koto strings when a movie is set in Japan? Ethnomusicologist Richard Miller explains.
![Fareed Zakaria](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/FAREED-ZAKARIA-2000x1333.jpg?itok=3l6n6iBF)
The CNN host, author and columnist will present "In Defense of a Liberal Education"; tickets are free.
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The new architecture professor on the importance of sketching and what it will take to make Las Vegas "sustainable."
![Sarah Chang](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/edp3982-009-MF.jpg?itok=suyF6v4N)
Chang, accompanied by pianist Julio Elizalde, will perform works by Bartok, Brahms, Franck, and Ravel.
![Darren Weller as Atticus Finch and Stephon Petteway as Tom Robinson.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/NCT_Mockingbird_main.jpg?itok=yF0cLq9X)
Harper Lee's brilliant coming-of-age story, told from a child's perspective, demonstrates how understanding and courage triumph over hatred.
![An artist’s rendering of UNLV’s entry in the 2017 Solar Decathalon.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/nc_SECTION.jpg?itok=nEq_ON6K)
Students to build sustainable, “age-in-place” home with consumer appeal for U.S. Department of Energy contest; UNLV team finished second overall in 2013.
![The Amernet String Quartet](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/releases/main-images/Amernet.jpg?itok=_JIO7sfd)
Praised for their “intelligence” and “immensely satisfying” playing by The New York Times, the Amernet String Quartet will feature soprano Rachel Calloway.
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Three UNLV graduates were recognized by President Len Jessup during Winter Commencement Dec. 15 for their academic and research excellence.
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This must-see video tapped into the talents of jazz studies student Gary Fowler. Watch it and then share your own UNLV story with us.
![Daniella Toscano](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/nc_D70642_04.jpg?itok=oNaLU0ga)
UNLV alumna Daniella Toscano’s task was to do something that’s been done thousands of times, yet make it look new. Go behind the scenes with the costume designer for 'A Christmas Carol.'