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UNC Asheville Student Group to Host Sixth Annual Human Rights Film Festival; Five Documentaries to be Screened, Discussed
November 4, 2009
UNC Asheville’s Amnesty International Student Chapter will hold its sixth annual Human Rights Film Festival November 9-13. Five films will be shown at 7 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Highsmith University Union. Each film will be followed by a discussion led by a UNC Asheville professor, student or community member. The festival, which has become the largest of its kind in the Southeast, is free and open to the public.
The Value of Farmland: A New Study Shows Why We Want to Protect the Vanishing Countryside
August 9, 2009
While many people profess to love America's vanishing rural landscape, no research has ever been done to pinpoint exactly why people value it. Until now.
A four-year research project recently completed by Leah Greden Mathews, associate professor of economics at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, was able to determine the specific reasons people appreciate farmlands as well as to put a price tag on those values in Western North Carolina. The study, the first of its kind in the nation, looked beyond the obvious agricultural value of farms in the four-county area around the University. The team developed an enhanced land evaluation and site assessment (LESA) model that incorporates the scenic beauty and cultural heritage characteristics of the landscape. Mathews argues that the same model can be applied to rural areas across the nation, helping prioritize land for protection.
UNC Asheville Hosts 25th Annual Crystal Ball Seminar
April 23, 2009
UNC Asheville's 25th annual Economic Crystal Ball Seminar will be held on Thursday, April 23, at UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium. Noted economists David W. Berson and James F. Smith will speak. The seminar, sponsored by the UNC Asheville Economics Department and Parsec Financial, begins with a 6:15 p.m. reception, followed by the speakers at 7 p.m., and a question-and-answer period at 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
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