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MegaGrant from Epic Games Expands Unreal Engine Implementation in Victoria Bradbury’s New Media Work at UNC Asheville

UNC Asheville Assistant Professor of New Media Victoria Bradbury has received a $44,000 Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games for artistic projects tying together Epic’s Unreal Engine – the software used in games like Fortnight – with physical computing using microcontrollers.

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Jan 21

Mummification in Egypt and a Winery in Ancient Israel – Archaeology Lectures Come Your Way Virtually from UNC Asheville on Feb. 3 and March 3

Jan 20

WCU teams with Blue Ridge Pride Center, UNCA for local LGBTQ project

Jan 19

Winter Buzz Breakfast Series Gets Underway Jan. 27 with Virtual Discussion of Removing Confederate Monuments

Jan 15

UNC Asheville Named a College of Distinction in 20-Year Anniversary Cohort

Jan 12

UNC Asheville’s 12th Annual “Drawing Discourse” International Juried Exhibition Opens Online on Jan. 22; Juror Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum Selects from 1,931 Submitted Works from 566 Artists in 11 Nations

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Jan 21, Energy Policy

Should North Carolina require more efficient water heaters in homes? A cost-benefit analysis (by Assistant Professor Evan Couzo and alum Zane Carroll)

Jan 20, Tryon Daily Bulletin

New manager (alum Steven Orr)

Jan 19, Mountain Xpress

WCU, UNCA and Blue Ridge Pride Center team up for local LGBTQ+ project

Jan 15, Mountain Xpress

WNC starts to spend $600 COVID-19 payments (Kathleen Lawlor, assistant professor of economics, quoted)

Jan 14, Close Reading blog

How I Pray (by Richard Chess, distinguished professor of English)

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