On March 28 at 7 p.m. in Alumni Hall of Highsmith Student Union, Shannon Gayk will explore how premodern accounts of biblical flood and fire probe the ethics of seeing ecological catastrophe and responding to the suffering it generates.
Elizabeth Perrill will present several key moments in South African histories of ceramic production on March 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Humanities Lecture Hall.
On April 2 at 7 p.m., the Music and Dance Departments will host a collaborative concert in Lipinsky Auditorium.
Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Shulamit Reinharz Director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University, explores how Jewish texts, Jewish law, and contemporary Jewish ethics inform questions of reproductive health issues.
On April 4 at 7 p.m. in Lipinsky Auditorium, UNC Asheville student ensembles will perform the music of Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist, and Latin Jazz.
On April 8 at 6 p.m., join authors Wiley Cash and David Zucchino as they discuss Zucchino’s book “Wilmington’s Lie,” this semester’s Community Read selection.
A powerful exhibit about the Holocaust will be visiting the UNC Asheville campus April 9 to April 12, open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in Reed Plaza.
Check out the student ensembles Wayne Shorter Ensemble and Studio 18 on April 11 at 12 p.m., live on the Quad in front of Lipinsky! The ensembles will perform a variety of jazz music, instrumental and vocal.
On April 16 at 7 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Room of UNC Asheville’s Highsmith Union, Neema Avashia will present readings from her recent work.
On April 17, from midnight to midnight, our community unites as Bulldogs for Give UNC Asheville, the University’s biggest day of giving.
Join the Prog Rock and Songwriters Ensembles on April 18 at 12 p.m., live on the Quad in front of Lipinsky!
Two shows, one experience! From April 18 through the 21, TheatreUNCA will host two productions “Sincerely,” and “The Egg” in the Carol Belk Theatre.
On April 22, join a Braver Angels Workshop “Depolarizing Within” from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Manheimer Room (102) of the Reuter Center.
UNC Asheville’s Atmospheric Sciences will host an advanced Skywarn storm-spotter training course at 6:30 p.m. on April 23, at UNC Asheville’s Robinson Hall, room 125.
Catch the Contemporary Guitar Ensemble on April 25 at 12 p.m., live on the Quad in front of Lipinsky!
A wide variety of functional and decorative pottery, prints, and other artwork created by UNC Asheville students will be on sale in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery of Owen Hall on April 26 and 27.
Explore visual works of expression from graduating Art majors at the annual BA Salon Exhibition, presented by the UNC Asheville Department of Art and Art History
A community remembrance of the Holocaust will be hosted at UNC Asheville on May 5 from 3 to 5 p.m in the Blue Ridge Room of Highsmith Union. The event will feature the keynote speaker, Michèle Taylor, a U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Explore the excellent undergraduate research of our students at the 3rd annual Squibb Symposium for Chemistry and Biochemistry Undergraduate Research.
In her lecture, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe will explain how the soil system controls the Earth’s climate and impacts climate change.
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe will discuss the patterns found in fire-altered carbon distribution after a wildfire has affected a landscape.
Terry Roberts will share research on the Hot Springs area's history as the setting for some of his and Charles Fraziers novels.
Join hosts Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle and Wiley Cash for a day trip from Asheville to Cherokee.
UNC Asheville's Open House offers high school students, transfer students, and family members a chance to learn about the people and experiences that make our university special.
Lumbee historian Malinda Maynor Lowery and Cherokee anthropologist Courtney Lewis will propose a new food framework, one that incorporates Native Peoples' contemporary and creative foodways.
Authors Charles Frazier and Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (EBCI), will discuss Frazier's research while writing “Thirteen Moons,” the first novel translated into the Cherokee syllabary.
UNC Asheville's Open House offers high school students, transfer students, and family members a chance to learn about the people and experiences that make our university special.
Tour our Owen Hall facilities featuring art history, ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, and new media. Events include department tours, portfolio reviews, open studios, exhibitions, alumni panel discussions, and campus & STEAM tours.
Kick off your college search at Junior Preview Day, an experience designed just for high school juniors. Discover how UNC Asheville offers an affordable and endlessly relevant education as a top-10 public liberal arts and sciences university in the nation.
Ramsey Library Special Collections is proud to present the Isaiah Rice Photography Exhibit which showcases the African American community in Asheville. The photos in the exhibit are a sample of the approximately 1,400 images which illustrate urban Appalachia as depicted through the lens of an African American man during some of the nation's most pivotal events of the mid-20th century.
At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 19, Tom Hearron will discuss how Thomas Wolfe transmuted his life in Asheville to fiction when writing his debut novel “Look Homeward, Angel.”
Author Psyche Williams-Forson will delve into the ways Black women have used, and continue to use, food to shape cuisines in and beyond the south, while defining their sense of self.
From February 28 to March 21 the Owen Hall New Media Gallery will host an exhibition exploring the craft of place for animation and interactive media, featuring 15+ regional and international artists.
Admitted Student Days provide an in-depth opportunity to learn more about UNC Asheville and to meet the people who will support your student experience here.
Michael Dowdy will give a reading from his new book “Tell Me About Your Bad Guys: Fathering in Anxious Times,” a collection of essays just published by the University of Nebraska Press in their American Lives Series.
On March 15 and 16 in the Kimmel Arena, high school students from across the state will be pitting robots they designed against each other in a 2-day competition.
In this lecture, Kayla Seay, Site Manager at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, will share the history of the Old Kentucky Home and take us behind the scenes of the house that Wolfe immortalized as “Dixieland” in Look Homeward, Angel.
Kelle Jolly, storyteller and musician, will give a talk on March 25 at 3 p.m. in the Laurel Forum about women in Appalachian Blues music.
Under the Sycamore Tree, a 30 minute audio drama follows the story of four young girls who met every day under a lonely sycamore tree to play a game of […]
David Castro received a B.Mus. in Music Education from Pacific Union College, a M.M. in Music Theory from the University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. in Music Theory from the University of Oregon. He currently teaches courses in theory, aural skills, counterpoint, and advanced analysis. Dr. Castro's research interests include the music of Dmitri Shostakovich and Arvo Pärt, and the pedagogy of music theory.
Join us for a night of laughter and silliness as TheatreUNCA's comedy improv troupe, led by Marlene Thompson with Misfit Improv & Acting School, entertains you with a series of short-form improv games informed by audience suggestions.
Award-winning writer Deesha Philyaw will be in the Blue Ridge Room from 7-8:30 p.m. on April 10 for a reading and book signing.
Admitted Student Days provide an in-depth opportunity to learn more about UNC Asheville and to meet the people who will support your student experience here.
At 5:30 p.m. in the Blue Ridge South room in Highsmith Student Union, Erin James will talk about her work on narrative and climate change.
Step into a world of wonder and imagination with "Alice’s Smile: The Contagious Effects of Extraordinary Joy," a family-friendly play ideal for kids ages 8 and up. Inspired by Lewis Carroll’s "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland", this whimsical tale follows the mystery of Alice’s missing smile and the heartfelt quest to make her smile again.
Meet the artists and take part in a Virtual Juror's Walk at the reception for the “In the Round” and “In(side) the Round” exhibitions on April 18 at 4 p.m. in the Owen Hall atrium and front courtyard.
Join Wiley Cash as he discusses the writerly craft behind some of the most iconic scenes in Thomas Wolfe’s debut novel “Look Homeward, Angel.”
A wide variety of functional and decorative pottery, prints, and other artwork created by UNC Asheville students will be on sale in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery of Owen Hall .
A wide variety of functional and decorative pottery, prints, and other artwork created by UNC Asheville students will be on sale in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery of Owen Hall […]
Margaret Renkl is the author of “Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss” (2019) and “Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South” (2021) and “The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year” (2023), which won the 2024 Southern Book Prize.