News & Events
Show of student New Media works to open April 5
March 29, 2013
UNC Asheville's 12th Annual New Media Juried Student Exhibition opens with a reception from 3-6 p.m. on Friday, April 5, in the Highsmith University Union Gallery on campus.
Junior Walk, opponent of mountaintop removal mining, to speak at UNC Asheville
March 11, 2013
Junior Walk, a West Virginia native who travels the country speaking out against mountaintop-removal mining on behalf of the Keeper of the Mountains Foundation, will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, in UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union, Alumni Hall. Walk was a 2011 recipient of the Earth Island Institute's Brower Youth Award for Environmental Leadership.
Energy documentary "Switch" at UNC Asheville and A-B Tech
February 12, 2013
The energy documentary "Switch" will be screened at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at UNC Asheville in Rhodes-Robinson Hall, Room 125 and at 4 p.m. Feb. 21 in Ferguson Auditorium at A-B Tech Community College.
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.
Underwater Archaeology at Shipwreck Sites: “Ghost Ships of the Klondike Gold Rush” Is Subject of UNC Asheville Talk
October 17, 2012
"Ghost Ships of the Klondike Gold Rush," an illustrated lecture by Robyn Woodward describing her work preserving and documenting shipwrecks along the Yukon River in Canada, will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1 in Ramsey Library, Whitman Room.
Chris Hennon of Atmospheric Sciences Faculty is Principal Investigator for Citizen Science Project at CycloneCenter.org
September 27, 2012
Today, NCDC announced the launch of a new website that could help climate scientists estimate the historical intensities of hurricanes around the world faster than before—and the public is invited to help.
Greener UNC Asheville campus readies for academically competitive freshman class
August 14, 2012
UNC Asheville is preparing to welcome 550 new Bulldogs to the campus community this Friday as freshmen move into their residence halls and get ready to start classes on Monday, Aug. 20. And when freshman and returning students arrive, they will find new, top-notch science labs, a modern new residence hall, and a greener, more energy-efficient campus.
ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 4: Looking Forward at Buckminster Fuller's Legacy
August 6, 2012
The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC) in partnership with UNC Asheville, the UNC Asheville Howerton Distinguished Professor in the Humanities and the Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) is pleased to announce ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 4 to be held September 28-30, 2012, a weekend gathering of scholars, practitioners and artists coming to Asheville to discuss, present and experience topics and workshops related to the forward-thinking ideas of Buckminster Fuller. The three-day conference will focus on Fuller's "comprehensive anticipatory design science" as a means for fostering prosperous, livable communities through creative, interdisciplinary thinking. The program for the weekend will include an array of presentations, panels and free experiential workshops connected to the vast web of ideas, initiatives and practices that Fuller championed during his life - and that others have taken on since his death.
UNC Asheville Center for Craft, Creativity & Design to Host Exhibition: “Bridge 11: Lia Cook”
July 6, 2012
The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD) presents "Bridge 11: Lia Cook" a solo exhibition by this internationally recognized fiber artist. The exhibition opens with a reception from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, July 26, and will be on view through the end of October, at the CCCD, 1181 Broyles Road in Hendersonville. The exhibit is free and open to the public; gallery hours are noon-5 p.m. weekdays.
“Electric Vehicles and the Power Grid” – Dave Erb to Speak July 19 at UNC Asheville
July 3, 2012
Dave Erb, who has worked on developing electric and hybrid electric vehicles for more than two decades, will give a talk, "Making a Case for the DG PV EV: Electric Vehicles and the Power Grid," at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 19, in Robinson Hall 125 on the UNC Asheville campus. The talk is free and open to the public.
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