SOLD OUT — RESCHEDULED: UNC Asheville Offers Free Screening of Disney-Pixar’s “Onward” on Thursday, June 25
UPDATED JUNE 16 - This event is now fully booked with no more reservations being accepted.
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Leadership Asheville Summer Buzz Webinar: “Reopening: Where Are We? Health, Schools, and Business”
Leadership Asheville will present a virtual Summer Buzz webinar, "Reopening: Where Are We? Health, Schools and Business" from 9-10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, free and open to everyone, with pre-registration required.
Drive-In Movie: “Space Jam”
UNC Asheville will host a free drive-in screening of the movie "Space Jam," on Thursday evening, July 30. To help maintain safe social distancing, only 65 vehicles will be admitted and advance tickets are required, first-come first served.
Live Stream Hosted by Wiley Cash: Reader Meet Writer: “The Yellow House” with Sarah M. Broom, in Conversation with Imani Perry
UNC Asheville Writer-in-Residence, best-selling novelist Wiley Cash, will host a livestream book talk featuring Sarah M. Broom, author of The Yellow House, in conversation with Imani Perry, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13.
Wiley Cash Hosts Online Book Talk with Justin A. Reynolds, author of “Early Departures”
Best-selling novelist and UNC Asheville Writer-in-Residence Wiley Cash will host a book talk with Justin A. Reynolds, author of Early Departures, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20. This online event is free and open to everyone; pre-registration is required.
Leadership Asheville Buzz Breakfast Webinar: The Upcoming Election and The Pandemic
The next Leadership Asheville Buzz Breakfast webinar will take place via Zoom at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26. The topic will be November's election, and featured panelists will be Western Carolina University Department Head of Political Science and Public Affairs Chris Cooper, and Buncombe County Director of Election Services Corinne Duncan.
OLLI Webinar on Racial Disparity – Criminal Justice
OLLI - the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville - will continue its series of webinars on racial disparity with a discussion of criminal justice issues, at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, free and open to everyone, with pre-registration required.
Wiley Cash Hosts Online Book Talk with Heather Bell Adams, Author of “The Good Luck Stone”
Best-selling novelist and UNC Asheville Writer-in-Residence Wiley Cash will host a book talk with Heather Bell Adams, author of "The Good Luck Stone," at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27. This online event is free and open to everyone; pre-registration is required.
UNC Asheville Economics Webinar with Heather Boushey, Author of “Unbound: How Inequality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do about It”
UNC Asheville will begin a series of a free webinars on economics with a talk at noon on Thursday, Sept. 3, by Heather Boushey, president and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, and author of "Unbound: How Inequality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do about It." This online event is free and open to everyone via Zoom. A link will be posted here closer to the event date.
Library of Congress 2020 Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence – Professor of Philosophy Brian Butler Interviews Martha Nussbaum
Philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum will be interviewed by UNC Asheville Professor of Philosophy Brian E. Butler, in the 2020 Frederic R. and Molly S. Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence, presented online this year by the Library of Congress. This event is free and open to all, with limited registration, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 3 p.m.
Visiting Writer Series Fall 2020 – The Katherine Min Memorial Reading
The fall 2020 Visiting Writer Series from UNC Asheville's Department of English begins with the Katherine Min Memorial Reading and will feature an introductory reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Andrew Sean Greer, and readings by two alumni poets - Zefyr Lisowski and Jesse Rice-Evans. This online event is free and open to everyone, and takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9.
Chemistry Seminar: Chirality-assisted synthesis towards the generation of helical ladder polymers
UNC Asheville Research and Teaching Fellow Kyle Murphy will present a chemistry seminar, "Chirality-assisted synthesis towards the generation of helical ladder polymers," from 2:30 to 3:20 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11. This is the first in a series of weekly seminars from UNC Asheville's Department of Chemistry. The seminar is free and open to everyone via Zoom.
OLLI Webinar Series on Racial Disparity – Educational Equity
OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will continue its series on racial disparity with a free webinar at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 16 – What is the Path to Achieving Educational Equity for Students of Color? This event is free and open to all; pre-registration is required.
Visiting Writer Series: Sharon Harrigan, author of “Half” and “Playing with Dynamite”
Sharon Harrigan, author of the novel "Half," and the memoir, "Playing with Dynamite," will read and discuss her work when UNC Asheville's Visiting Writer Series, all online this year, continues on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. This event is free and open to everyone on Zoom with pre-registration required.
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.
POSTPONED UNTIL SEPT. 24 – Live at Lunch: UNC Asheville AfroMusics Ensemble
UPDATED on Sept. 16 - Due to expected rain on Sept. 17, this event is being moved to Sept. 24.
UNC Asheville Economics Webinar with Dietrich Vollrath, author of “Fully Grown: Why a Stagnant Economy is a Sign of Success”
UNC Asheville will continue its fall 2020 series of a free webinars on economics with a talk at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, by Dietrich Vollrath, author of "Fully Grown: Why a Stagnant Economy is a Sign of Success." This online event is free and open to everyone 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.
At the Intersection of Racism and Anti-Semitism: An Online Workshop with Yavilah McCoy
UNC Asheville's Center for Jewish Studies presents an online workshop with Yavilah McCoy, At the Intersection of Racism and Anti-Semitism, on Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 7-8:30 p.m. This event is free and open to everyone, with pre-registration required.
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.
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.
Lunchtime Webinar from Ramsey Library: “Raising Archival Awareness in a Regional Studies Organization: The Appalachian Studies Case”
UNC Asheville Archivist Gene Hyde and NOAA Metadata Specialist Elizabeth Harper will present “Raising Archival Awareness in a Regional Studies Organization: The Appalachian Studies Case,” at noon on Thursday, Sept. 24.
OLLI Webinar Series on Racial Disparity: “Understanding the Racial Wealth Gap”
"Understanding the Racial Wealth Gap" will be the next topic in the Racial Disparity Webinar Series from OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville. This online event is free and open to everyone via Zoom at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24.
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.
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.
Locating Grassroots Democracy: The Asheville Tenants Rent Strike of 1968-69 – Webinar with Historian Sarah Judson
UNC Asheville Associate Professor of History Sarah Judson will present at Zoom webinar, Locating Grassroots Democracy: The Asheville Tenants Rent Strike of 1968-69, from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1. This webinar is free and open to everyone.
Chemistry and Biochemistry Webinar: Polymeric Materials and Catalysis, with Brian Long
The next online event in UNC Asheville's Fall 2020 Chemistry & Biochemistry webinar series will be "Polymeric Materials and Catalysis," presented by Brian K. Long, associate professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. This webinar is free and open to everyone, beginning at 11:45 a.m.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Archaeology Lecture: The Islamic-Byzantine Frontier: Interaction and Exchange Among Muslim and Christian Communities
Asa Eger, associate professor of early Islamic history at UNC Greensboro will discuss the physical and ideological aspects of the early interactions between Christianity and Islam, to add perspective to contemporary events, in this free webinar at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Pre-registration is required.
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.
Now as a Webinar: “Gerrymandering, Mathematics and Fairness” – Parsons Lecture by Mathematician Moon Duchin
Moon Duchin, the mathematician called upon by Pennsylvania’s governor to aid in drawing up nonpartisan Congressional district maps, will share how she uses mathematical modelling to assess the fairness of district lines when she delivers UNC Asheville’s 2020 Parsons Lecture via Zoom, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
FRIDAY BLOOD DRIVE is CANCELED! – Red Cross Blood Drive and Food Collection for MANNA FoodBank
Highsmith Student Union, Alumni Hall (114)UPDATED Oct. 23, 2020: No blood donations can be accepted today (Friday) due to Red Cross staffing issues.
2020: Women and Politics, A Critical Commemoration of the 19th Amendment
This webinar, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, is free and open to everyone. Areas of focus in the webinar will be African American women and the Suffrage Movement, discursive politics within Women's Suffrage Movements, and women's suffrage in the South.
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.
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.
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.