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Lunchtime Webinar: Historic Monuments and Telling the ‘Full Story of American History:’ The RAIL Memorial Project and the Case for Memorializing the Incarcerated Laborers who Brought the Railroad to Western North Carolina

UNC Asheville Professor of History Daniel Pierce, and Ashley Whittle of Ramsey Library Special Collections will present a free webinar, "Historic Monuments and Telling the 'Full Story of American History:' The RAIL Memorial Project and the Case for Memorializing the Incarcerated Laborers who Brought the Railroad to Western North Carolina," at noon on Thursday, Sept. 17, via Zoom, with pre-registration required. 

Chemistry Seminar: Metabolic effects of naphthalene exposure

UNC Asheville's Fall 2020 Chemistry Seminar Series continues at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, with a talk on "Metabolic effects of naphthalene exposure," by Chase Stevens, a doctoral student in pharmacology and toxicology in the Feihn Lab at the UC Davis, and a 2017 UNC Asheville graduate. This seminar is free and open to everyone via Zoom.

Webinar: What is a College Basketball Bubble?

With proposals now being considered that college basketball be played in "bubbles" similar to those of the NBA and NHL, UNC Asheville's Department of Athletics will present an online discussion about bubbles at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Access to the webinar is open to all.

Angela Morales

Visiting Writer Series: Angela Morales

Angela Morales, author of The Girls in My Town, a collection of personal essays, will read and discuss her work when UNC Asheville’s Visiting Writer Series, all online this year, continues on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m.  This event is free and open to everyone on Zoom.

Online Organic Chemistry Seminar with Caitlin Farr

UNC Asheville Lecturer in Chemistry and Biochemistry Caitlin Farr will present an online seminar in organic chemistry at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25. This online event is free and open to everyone via Zoom.

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Discovery Day – Online, September 26, 2020

Discovery Day is the UNC Asheville Open House that gives students and families a chance to see what makes the UNC Asheville experience unique. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year’s Discovery Day events will be held virtually.

Live at Lunch Concert – UNC Asheville’s Xtet

UNC Asheville’s student Xtet, directed by Justin Ray, will perform live at noon on Thursday, Oct. 1 at Reed Plaza on the campus. The show will be livestreamed on the Department of Music Facebook page – in-person attendance is free, but limited to UNC Asheville students, faculty and staff, with limited numbers and physical distancing to conform with COVID-19 safety protocols.

Visiting Writer Series: Luke Hankins and Sebastian Matthews

UNC Asheville's Fall 2020 Visiting Writer Series will continue at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7 with readings by Luke Hankins and Sebastian Matthews. This Zoom event is presented by UNC Asheville's Department of English and is free and open to everyone with pre-registration required.

Tomáš Sedláček

UNC Asheville Economics Webinar with Tomáš Sedláček, Author of “Economics of Good and Evil”

UNC Asheville will continue its fall 2020 series of a free webinars on economics with a talk at noon on Thursday, Oct. 8, by Tomáš Sedláček, chief macroeconomic strategist at Czech commercial bank CSOB and author of Economics of Good and Evil: the Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street. This online event is free and open to everyone via Zoom.

Wiley Cash

What Do You Call A Novel, with Wiley Cash

In this online talk at noon on Thursday, Oct. 8, bestselling novelist Wiley Cash will discuss two questions he always asks when writing a novel. First, "what is this?" Second, "what do I call it?" He also will discuss and read from his forthcoming novel. Pre-registration is required.

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Webinar: “Salmonella outbreaks in poultry: from the backyard flock to the processing plant”

UNC Asheville's Departments of Environmental Studies and Biology present the next in their series of webinars, "Salmonella outbreaks in poultry: from the backyard flock to the processing plant," by Andrea Etter, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont. The webinar, free and open to everyone, takes place at noon on Thursday, Oct. 8, via Zoom.

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Live at Lunch Concert – UNC Asheville’s Student Horace Silver Ensemble

UNC Asheville’s student Horace Silver Ensemble, directed by Zack Page, will perform live at noon on Thursday, Oct. 8 at Reed Plaza on the campus. The show will be livestreamed on the Department of Music Facebook page – in-person attendance is free, but limited to UNC Asheville students, faculty and staff, with limited numbers and physical distancing to conform with COVID-19 safety protocols.

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John Grisham Online Book Launch in Conversation with Wiley Cash

John Grisham’s new novel, A Time For Mercy, the follow-up to his beloved novel A Time to Kill, launches nationally on Tuesday, Oct. 13, and Grisham will kick off his online book tour with a noon Zoom conversation with another best-selling novelist, Wiley Cash.

Teacher to Teacher (and Future Teacher) Online Chat

UNC Asheville's Department of Education presents an online platform for meaningful conversations about the teaching profession from our teaching alumni. This conversation, from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, will be lead by current teachers to focus on future teachers.

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Economics Webinar: “From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century,” with William A. Darity Jr.

William A. "Sandy" Darity Jr., co-author of From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-William A. "Sandy" Darity Jr. and Kirsten Mullen co-authors of From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century, will be featured in this concluding webinar in the fall 2020 series from UNC Asheville's Department of Economics. This online event takes place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, and is free and open to all. Pre-registration is required.

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2020 African Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia Conference

UNC Asheville’s seventh annual African Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia Conference will take place online this year, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16. The conference is free and open to everyone with pre-registration required.

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“Antigone” – Radio Drama Podcast from TheatreUNCA

TheatreUNCA will bring Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy Antigone to life as a radio drama podcast with an online debut set for 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18 on the UNC Asheville Department of Drama’s Vimeo channel.  Visit drama.unca.edu/engage/theatreunca to register for this free event and receive a password-protected link to listen to the show between Oct 18 and 25.

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Climate Teach-In

UNC Asheville will host a virtual Climate Teach-In from noon-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, with faculty and community experts addressing interdisciplinary issues related to climate science, climate impacts and adaptations, and climate solutions. The virtual program is free and open to all.

Xenet Aliu

Visiting Writer Series: Xhenet Aliu

UNC Asheville’s Fall 2020 Visiting Writer Series will continue at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20 with a reading by Xhenet Aliu. This Zoom event is presented by UNC Asheville’s Department of English and is free and open to everyone with pre-registration required.

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Turning of the Maples Virtual 5K

UNC Asheville has announced the inaugural Turning of the Maples Virtual 5K. Complete your 3.1 mile run/walk the weekend of October 23-25, 2020, to take in the colorful fall leaves wherever you are. Registration is now open at unca.edu/Virtual5K and the $10 fee includes an exclusive Turning of the Maples 5K beanie hat, a Turning of the Maples 5K sticker, and a downloadable race bib to print off at home.

Chemistry and Biochemistry Webinar Series: Electronic Structure Theories, with Meghan McGreal

Meghan McGreal, a 2015 UNC Asheville graduate student, now part of the Goodpaster Group at the Chemical Theory Center at the University of Minnesota, will discuss electronic structure theories and graduate school experiences at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23 in a webinar presented by UNC Asheville's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. This webinar is free and open to everyone.

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Discovery Day – Online Open House October 24

Discovery Day is the UNC Asheville Open House that gives students and families a chance to see what makes the UNC Asheville experience unique. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year’s Discovery Day events will be held virtually.

Melissa Range

Visiting Writer Series: Poet Melissa Range

UNC Asheville’s Fall 2020 Visiting Writer Series will continue at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27 with a reading by Melissa Range. This Zoom event is presented by UNC Asheville’s Department of English and is free and open to everyone with pre-registration required.

Science Policy Webinar: “Moving Science from a ‘Nice-to-Have’ to a ‘Must-Have’ in U.S. Foreign Policy: Stories from a Physicist on the Front Lines of Transatlantic Security Policy”

Benjamin L. Schmitt of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, will present a free webinar, Moving Science from a ‘Nice-to-Have’ to a ‘Must-Have’ in U.S. Foreign Policy: Stories from a Physicist on the Front Lines of Transatlantic Security Policy, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Pre-registration is required.

Environmental Studies and Biology Webinar with Jim Chapman of NC Geological Survey

UNC Asheville's Departments of Biology and Environmental Studies are hosting a webinar presented by Jim Chapman, senior geologist for oil and gas regulation at N.C. Geological Survey, part of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality.

This online event is free and open to everyone, beginning at 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22.

Chemistry and Biochemistry Webinar Series: Pete Kekenes-Huskey

Pete Kekenes-Huskey, associate professor of cell and molecular physiology at Loyola University Chicago, and a 2001 UNC Asheville graduate, will discuss computational modeling of Ca2+-binding proteins, at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30.

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Art For Our Times

UNC Asheville's Arts & Ideas Program presents Art For Our Times, Nov. 2-7, 2020 to engage with visual, digital, performing, and contemplative art forms that offer us a moment of pause, reflection, and meditation. Some of the showcased works directly address the events of our times, others offer experiences that invite the audience to observe, reflect, and respond in their own way. Many of these events, exhibitions and experiences will not be open to the public due to COVID-19; some will be available to all via livestream or asynchronously.

Live at Lunch Concert – UNC Asheville’s Funk-Fusion and Afromusics Ensembles

UNC Asheville’s student Funk-Fusion Ensemble, directed by Mike Barnes, and the Afromusics Ensemble, directed by Jonathan King, will perform live at noon on Thursday, Nov. 5 on the UNC Asheville Quad, with the performances blending with the Tuning Meditation event also on the Quad as part of Arts for Our Times week. The show will be livestreamed on the Department of Music Facebook page – in-person attendance is free, but limited to UNC Asheville students, faculty and staff, with limited numbers and physical distancing to conform with COVID-19 safety protocols.

Mildred Barya

Coming Home to North Carolina: A Virtual Reading Featuring Mildred Barya

Mildred Barya, UNC Asheville assistant professor of English and winner of the North Carolina Humanities Council's 2020 Linda Flowers Award, with be featured in a reading at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5. This online event, which also features writers Carol Scott-Conner and Susan Wilson, is free and open to everyone.

Black Humanity Matters: Closing the Opportunity Gap, Part II

UNC Asheville Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Education Tiece Ruffin will lead a virtual community gathering exploring best practices and solutions that support positive academic outcomes for Black youth, from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Nov. 7. This event is hosted by the Asheville City Schools Foundation and is free and open to everyone with registration here.

Contemporary Guitar Ensemble Livestream Concert

UNC Asheville's student Contemporary Guitar Ensemble, directed by Tim Doyle of the music faculty, will perform in a free livestream concert at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9, on the Department of Music Facebook page.

“The Power and Fluidity of Girlhood in Henry Darger’s Art” – Leisa Rundquist discusses new book at Intersect Chicago

Leisa Rundquist, UNC Asheville professor of art and art history, will discuss her forthcoming book, The Power and Fluidity of Girlhood in Henry Darger’s Art, as part of the weeklong Intersect Chicago art festival, which is digital this year. Rundquist's conversation with Debra Kerr, president and CEO of Intuit (The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art), will take place at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, with registration required for the livestream.

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Live at Lunch with the Bluegrass Ensemble

UNC Asheville's student Bluegrass Ensemble, directed by Jonathan King, will perform on the Quad outside of Lipinsky Hall on campus at noon on Thursday, Nov. 12. The performance will be streamed live on the Department of Music Facebook page. In-person attendance is restricted to UNC Asheville students, faculty and staff, with social distancing and face coverings.

New 1:30 P.M. Start – Xtet Modern Jazz Concert Livestream

UNC Asheville’s student ensemble, the Xtet, directed by Justin Ray of the music faculty, will perform modern jazz compositions, including originals, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12. The concert will be livestreamed for free on the Department of Music Facebook page.

SIBA’s Reader Meet Writer – Julia Fowler in Conversation with Wiley Cash

Wiley Cash, UNC Asheville's writer-in-residence, will host the next Reader Meet Writer event from SIBA, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance, talking with Julia Fowler about her new book, Embrace Your Southern, Sugar! This online event is accessible via free livestream at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12.

UNCA String Quartet Concert Livestream

UNC Asheville's student quartet, directed by Ben Smith of the music faculty, will perform music of Hadyn, Handel, Frank and Mozart at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, with free livestream on the Department of Music Facebook page.

Streaming Music Concerts

UNC Asheville's student ensembles will offer online performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, Nov. 19-21, at 7:15 p.m., streaming on the Department of Music Facebook page.

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Fall Commencement Video Premiere

The UNC Asheville Fall Graduates of the Class of 2021 Commencement celebration video will premiere on the UNC Asheville Commencement webpage at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21, and will also be available on the UNC Asheville YouTube channel for viewing at any time.

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