News & Events
Interferometer Receivers Mounted on PARI Telescopes
December 16, 2011
Six years of design, engineering and computer programming were brought to a climax this week with the hoisting and mounting of two highly specialized receivers onto radio telescopes at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI), in Transylvania County, N.C. Faculty and students at UNC Asheville and Furman University, and PARI staff, designed and constructed this new instrument for studying signals from space. The two custom-built receivers, each mounted on PARI’s 26-meter radio telescopes, will be linked using specialized, high-speed computers to create a complex piece of equipment called an interferometer.
UNC Asheville Foundation and TD Bank Agree to Sale/Purchase of Former Health Adventure Property; Transfer will be Combined Sale and Gift
December 15, 2011
The UNC Asheville Foundation and TD Bank have signed a contract for the sale of land adjacent to the university that was formerly owned by the Health Adventure. The 8.9-acre property is located at the intersection of Broadway and Catawba streets.
UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program Announces Spring Workshops
December 6, 2011
Some of the area’s best authors and instructors are featured in the new spring lineup of workshops from UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP), which includes courses located in Asheville, Hendersonville, Black Mountain and Burnsville.
UNC Asheville to Host Holiday Party for 108 Head Start Youngsters
November 30, 2011
UNC Asheville will host its annual Head Start Holiday Party from 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, in the Highsmith University Union, Alumni Hall, on the campus. Donated gifts are already wrapped and individually labeled for the 108 preschoolers in the Pisgah View and Barnardsville Head Start centers who are expected to attend.
UNC Asheville 2012 Weather Calendar Goes On Sale
November 15, 2011
Just in time for the winter weather season, UNC Asheville offers the 2012 Western North Carolina Weather Calendar, complete with daily average high and low temperatures, phases of the moon and daily sunrise and sunset times.
UNC Asheville to Host PostSecret’s Frank Warren in Sold-Out Event
November 4, 2011
Frank Warren, creator of PostSecret, will speak in a sold-out appearance at UNC Asheville at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium.
Center for Craft, Creativity & Design Announces November Textile Events
November 3, 2011
Hendersonville, NC –The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD), a center of UNC Asheville, is pleased to announce a series of events taking place in conjunction with the current exhibition, “Common Threads: Innovative Textile Practices in India & Western North Carolina.”
“Hiking through History” Talk to Link Appalachian Trail Sites with Murders at Shelton Laurel and other Civil War Incidents
November 2, 2011
Leanna Joyner, author of “Hiking through History,” will speak at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in UNC Asheville’s Highsmith University Union Grotto.
Leadership Asheville Seniors Program Celebrates 25th Anniversary
November 2, 2011
UNC Asheville’s North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement celebrates the 25th anniversary of Leadership Asheville Seniors this month.
The Center For Craft, Creativity & Design Announces the 2011 Craft Research Fund Grant Awards
November 1, 2011
The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD), a center of UNC Asheville, is pleased to announce the 2011 Craft Research Fund grant awards. This is the center’s 7th year of awarding $95,000 annually to advance, expand and support research about craft in the United States for both graduate and professional level scholars. This national grant program is funded by a private charitable foundation.
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