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Kristen Graves (left) with Patricia García, the president of the Güie-Niza Labor Union in Oaxaca, Mexico. Graves’ paper titled “Song from the Discarded: The Multisensory Shaping of a Community Corrido in the Oaxaca Dump” won the Bess Lomax Hawes Prize in Applied Ethnomusicology from the Society for Ethnomusicology.

Graves wins national ethnomusicology research award

November 6, 2025

Glenn Korff School of Music alumnus Nick May, saxophone, has released a CD titled “You, Me, Us” with pianist Alex Siu Lun Li.

Music alum’s new album showcases work by living queer composers

October 30, 2025

The Nebraska Repertory Theatre’s “Murder on the Orient Express” Guest Director Brendon Fox (upper left) with cast members (clockwise from upper middle) Harper Allen, Diego DiPasquo, Brenden Dodds, Robbie Exstrom and Jordan Gabrielson. Courtesy photos.

Nebraska Rep presents ‘Murder on the Orient Express’

October 30, 2025

PHOTO CUTLINE: William Shomos (lower left) talks with Susan Ourada as the cast rehearses a scene from the UNL Opera “Hansel and Gretel.” Photo by Grace Worden. The opera will be performed Nov. 14-16 in Kimball Recital Hall.

UNL Opera presents ‘Hansel & Gretel’

October 29, 2025

Paul Barnes (left) and Teimuraz Janikashvili will perform Nov. 10 in the Westbrook Music Building Performance Hall.

‘Toward Re-Enchantment’ concert Nov. 10

October 27, 2025

Julia Blaut

Blaut lecture Nov. 6 will focus on legacy of artist Robert Rauschenberg

October 22, 2025

The Nebraska Saxophone Project, which includes (left to right) Daniel Oshiro, Bob Fuson, Paul Haar and Wade Howles, will perform the Adolphe Sax Birthday Recital on Nov. 5. Courtesy photo.

Saxophone takes center stage in upcoming Korff School concerts

October 22, 2025

Late-night television icon Johnny Carson, a 1949 Husker graduate, poses with Nebraska cheerleaders in Memorial Stadium during the 1971 football game with Kansas. (University of Nebraska–Lincoln Archives and Special Collections)

Johnny Carson’s 100th birthday: Celebrating a legacy of laughter, generosity

October 22, 2025

Lauren Breed at the National Opera Center America during the semi-finals of the Opera Ebony Benjamin Matthews Vocal Competition. Breed was named a national finalist in the competition. Courtesy photo.

Music alum is national finalist in vocal competition

October 21, 2025

Visual Arts in Practice will host their annual Open Studios event on Friday, Nov. 7 from 5-7:30 p.m. in Richards Hall and Woods Art Building. Included among the artists is Daniel Garcia, whose work is shown above.

Step inside the creative process at UNL’s Open Studios Nov. 7

October 20, 2025

Josie Azzam (left) and Justin Peterson. Courtesy photos.

Johnny Carson at 100: A look back at a student film that still inspires

October 17, 2025

Left: Adrian Arleo, “Rabbit-Hearted (detail),” 2025, clay, glaze, wax encaustic, 10” x 13” x 19”. Right: Jane Shellenbarger, “Square Box,” soda-fired stoneware, 2024. Arleo and Shellenbarger will present Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lectures on Oct. 30.

Ceramic artists Arleo, Shellenbarger to present Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist lecture Oct. 30

October 16, 2025