UNC Asheville welcomes award-winning author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates in conversation in the Sherrill Center's Kimmel Arena on Tuesday, February 28. The event, which will include a reading and question-and-answer session, is free and open to all but requires advanced registration through Eventbrite. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

Laura Jones, associate professor of Health & Wellness and Athletics Mental Health Coordinator at UNC Asheville will present “Mental Health Behind Bars: The Role of Mental Health in the U.S. Legal System,” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15 at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center in the Manheimer Room. Jones’ lecture is part of the Common […]

John DeVille, a Macon County Schools educator, will present "Teaching History in the Public School Today" at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, in Whitesides Hall, room 016. DeVille's lecture will focus on how educators can navigate an increasingly polarized climate where they are under unprecedented scrutiny by school boards, parents and citizens, especially when it comes to teaching the United States' history of slavery, disenfranchisement, terrorism, and economic injustice.

Educational consultant José Medina will offer a lecture on bilingual education advocacy, “Liberación Lingüística For All,” at 3 p.m. on Friday, March 17, via Zoom.

UNC Asheville & The Marvelous Math Club are hosting a fun-run on Sunday, 3/19. Proceeds benefit the Asheville Initiative for Math!

UNC Asheville welcomes United States Poet Laureate Ada Limón for an evening of poetry on at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 20 in the Blue Ridge Room, Highsmith Union.

Nationally-acclaimed storyteller Motoko will present “Tales of Now & Zen” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21 in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. A native of Osaka, Motoko blends ancient lore and oral memoirs from her childhood in Japan and her life as an immigrant in the U.S. Motoko is the recipient of the National Storytelling […]

Alexis Castor, associate professor of Classics at Franklin & Marshall College, will present a lecture, "More Than Glitter: Ancient Jewelry in Greece and Italy” at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, in Highsmith Student Union, rooms 225-226. Castor will address the multiple uses of jewelry and personal ornament in the ancient world. While such prestige […]

Rita Felski, the John Stewart Bryan Professor of English at the University of Virginia, will present a lecture, "On Resonance," at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23, via Zoom. Could the idea of resonance offer another slant on what’s defended, though also derided, as a “love of literature,” while also clarifying how critical theory can […]

"Philosophy professor Nathan King will present ""Beyond Knowledge and Skills: Education for Intellectual Virtue,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 23 in Highsmith Union, Alumni Hall. King will discuss the importance of intellectual virtues, such as curiosity, carefulness, autonomy, humility, and open-mindedness. King’s lecture will explore why these virtues matter, and how students and professors can develop them.

UNC Asheville English faculty Lori Horvitz and Jennifer McGaha will present readings from their newest respective works at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 27 in the Sherrill Center, Mountain View Room. Horvitz will read from “Collect Call to My Mother: Essays on Love, Grief, and Getting a Good Night’s Sleep,” a collection of short memoir […]

UNC Asheville will host a panel on Indigenous ways on Wednesday, March 26 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Lipinsky Auditorium. The conversation with panelists Byron Tenesaca, artist and educator, and Shennelle Feather, education program coordinator at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, will shed light on how local artists and educators are creating […]

Broadway actor and singer-songwriter Bryan Terrell Clark will present "Finding Your Purpose: From Baltimore, to Broadway's Hamilton," at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 30 in the Mullen & James Humanities Hall.

Visiting lecturer and New York-based new media artist Ayodamola Tanimowo Okunseinde will offer a keynote address for the opening reception of the 2023 New Media Student Juried Exhibition at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 31 in Owen Hall, room 102.