News & Events
Jay Michaelson, author of “God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality,” to make two appearances at UNC Asheville
January 16, 2013
Jay Michaelson, an award-winning journalist, a poet, activist, and scholar on the intersections of religion, spirituality, sexuality and law, will make two public appearances at UNC Asheville – a reading of poetry and prose at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, in Karpen Hall's Laurel Forum, and a lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28 at the Sherrill Center, Mountain View Room. Both events are free and open to the public.
January “Writers at Home” Features Vievee Francis and Molly Walling
January 10, 2013
Vievee Francis and Molly Walling will read their works when the Writers at Home series, sponsored by UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program, continues at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., in downtown Asheville. This event is free and open the public.
UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program Announces Spring Workshops
December 14, 2012
UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP) announces its spring lineup of workshops for local writers in poetry and prose. Classes will be held in Asheville, Black Mountain, Burnsville and Hendersonville.
Richard Chess and Katherine Min of UNC Asheville Literature Faculty Win Prestigious Awards
December 4, 2012
Richard Chess and Katherine Min of UNC Asheville's literature faculty were both awarded prestigious honors this fall semester. Chess was named Western Region Distinguished Poet by the North Carolina Poetry Society and its Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Series. Min was named the winner of the Sherwood Anderson Foundation Fiction Award.
Student Ideas to Help Local Businesses Highlight UNC Asheville’s Undergraduate Research Symposium
November 20, 2012
UNC Asheville students will present more than 150 research projects – including one to help Highland Brewery comply with federal workplace noise standards, and another to develop a smartphone app small restaurants can use to manage inventory – at the university's Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28.
“Re-Inventing Classics” – Talk by Psychologist Susan Rowland at UNC Asheville
November 13, 2012
Psychologist Susan Rowland will present, "Re-Inventing 'Classics' in the Ecocritical Engaged Humanities," at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28 in UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union, Alumni Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
Russian Scholar Evgenii Kazartcev to Speak about Northern Renaissance Poetry
November 7, 2012
Russian scholar Evgenii Kazartcev will speak about Northern Renaissance poetry, offering the lecture, "The Nature and Origins of Iambic Verse: Early English, Dutch, German and Slavic Iambic Verse," at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in UNC Asheville's New Hall, room 118. This event is free and open to the public.
UNC Asheville Hosts Special Events for Native American Heritage Month
November 7, 2012
UNC Asheville will celebrate Native American Heritage Month with a series of special events including a panel discussion, storytelling performance, and presentations of Cherokee language, ceremonies, pottery, ceremonies and rituals.
2012 Amnesty International Film Festival Opens November 5
November 2, 2012
UNC Asheville's Amnesty International chapter presents a film festival, November 5-9, featuring four documentaries selected for their power, inspirational qualities, and ability to raise awareness of human rights issues.
Climbing PoeTree to Perform November 13
November 1, 2012
Climbing PoeTree – the duo of spoken word artists Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman – will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 at UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium.
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