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UNC Asheville’s "Moja: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Africana Studies" Debuts

With papers including, “Closing Opportunity Gaps Through Love: Challenges and Opportunities,” and “Addressing Unseen Suffering and Reimagining Possibility Through Community Engagement: Lessons from the Back of the Bus,” this edition of Moja offers best practices for closing the opportunity gap for Black children and helping them to thrive in schools locally.

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Sep 29

UNC Asheville Becomes First Undergraduate Institution to be Part of Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership; Virtual Information Session Set for Oct. 1

Sep 28

John Grisham to Launch New Novel In Webinar Conversation with Wiley Cash, on Oct. 13 at Noon, Presented by Malaprop’s Bookstore and UNC Asheville

Sep 28

"Gerrymandering, Mathematics and Fairness" – Mathematician Moon Duchin to Deliver UNC Asheville’s 2020 Parsons Lecture as a Webinar on Oct. 15

Sep 21

North Carolina Center for Health and Wellness at UNC Asheville Awarded 2020 Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services Demonstration Grant for Diabetes Care and Support in Rockingham County

Sep 21

Falls Prevention Awareness Week, Sept. 21-25 – virtual opportunities and online toolkit

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In the News

Sep 29, Jewish Insider

Moe Davis is banking on a redrawn map to win a bitter North Carolina contest (Mark Gibney, Belk Distinguished Professor of Political Science, quoted)

Sep 28, The Salt Lake Tribune

Scholars turn anew to an old question: If Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, how did he do it? (Grant Hardy, professor of history and religious studies)

Sep 27, Mountain Xpress

Local historians honor forgotten railroad workers (history faculty members Daniel Pierce and Darin Waters)

Sep 27, The News & Record

UNC Asheville organization awarded grant (N.C. Center for Health and Wellness)

Sep 26, The News & Observer

UNC students ask to pause classes on Election Day to increase voter turnout on campus (student Isaiah Green)

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