Category: Fine Arts & Humanities
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Rhodes named dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
She joined the faculty in 1987 and is the first faculty member from the fine arts to be named dean of the College since it took its modern-day name in … Read more
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25 earn 2020 University Teaching Awards
These awards recognize the dedication and determination of Carolina’s faculty and inspire our students to learn and grow. Many of the winners are from the College of Arts & Sciences.
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25 earn 2020 University Teaching Awards
These awards recognize the dedication and determination of Carolina’s faculty and inspire our students to learn and grow. Many of the winners are from the College of Arts & Sciences.
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The occasional poet
Carolina’s new writer-in-residence talks about her poetry and what she hopes to accomplish on campus. On Feb. 25, poet and National Book Award winner Nikky Finney will give a reading … Read more
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The 19th Amendment Project
UNC-Chapel Hill faculty-artists from drama, dance, music and visual arts will present four performances focused on the complex history of the 19th Amendment. These works-in-progress, presented as part of the … Read more
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The 19th Amendment Project
UNC-Chapel Hill faculty-artists from drama, dance, music and visual arts will present four performances focused on the complex history of the 19th Amendment. These works-in-progress, presented as part of the … Read more
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Leveled-Up Learning
The Greenlaw Gameroom is a one-of-a-kind space at UNC. Through the conduit of video games, students learn across disciplines, explore the ancient world, analyze the horror genre, and conduct surveys.
Well Said: Honoring the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues
On this week’s podcast, history professor Matthew Andrews discusses the professional baseball leagues and the role they played in American history.
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Through a Different Lens
How can students strengthen their education by stepping outside their major and trying something new? Two professors — one in studio art and the other in biology — pose this … Read more
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A Critical Space
Doctoral candidates with the new Critical Ethnic Studies Graduating Working Group are committed to focused intellectual work on institutional power, systems of privilege and inequity, and the regional and global … Read more
![Willa King paints during a drawing class at Studio Arts College International in Florence, Italy. (photo courtesy of Willa King)](https://college.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1280/2020/02/Willa-King-Week-13-Int-Beg-drawing-A-Fall-2018-2-scaled-1-150x150.jpg)
Psyched for art
Senior Willa King writes about her internship last summer conducting art therapy with patients at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. King is pursuing a major in psychology and … Read more
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PlayMakers Repertory Company announces 2020-2021 season
“All Too Human: The Art of Comedy” features nine productions that explore the gamut of human emotions and experiences showcased in comedies both classic and new.
![Professor John McGowan, flanked by Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz, left, and his department chair Mary Floyd-Wilson, right, receives the Thomas Jefferson Award at the Feb. 14 Faculty Council meeting. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)](https://college.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1280/2020/02/004220_0214_faculty_council005-150x150.jpg)
John McGowan wins Jefferson Award
McGowan put off faculty’s highest honor one more semester — until the eve of his retirement from the University — because in the fall, when it is usually awarded, he … Read more
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A Carolina Jazz Legacy, Built Note by Note
The 43rd annual Carolina Jazz Festival will take place from Thursday, Feb. 20, to Saturday, Feb. 22. Jim Ketch, the department’s director of jazz studies, will lead the festival for … Read more
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Chaucer and the origins of Valentine’s Day
An expert on Medieval literature explains how Geoffrey Chaucer is responsible for our modern Valentine’s Day.
![From left, Lisa Wolpe as Cassius and Jeffrey Blair Cornell as Brutus in "Julius Caesar." (photo by Huthphoto)](https://college.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1280/2020/02/Conspirators-behind-Caesar-back_HuthPhoto-KAH_9742-2-scaled-e1581955364516-150x150.jpg)
The Bard is Back. PlayMakers Repertory Company presents “Julius Caesar”
PlayMakers Repertory Company presents “Julius Caesar,” the classic Shakespearean political thriller. Directed by Andrew Borba in his PlayMakers debut, the production runs from March 4 to 22.
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New York Times columnist to deliver spring Commencement address
Acclaimed journalist, New York Times columnist, bestselling author and Carolina alumnus Frank Bruni will deliver the spring Commencement address for the Class of 2020.
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Well Said: A profession of mythic proportions
On this week’s podcast, author and Carolina professor Daniel Wallace gives us a look into the life and the mind of a writer.
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Short Story Vending Machines Connect UNC Writers and Readers
The vending machines installed last spring around campus and the Chapel Hill community are serving up something different—short stories and poetry written by faculty, students, and staff, along with short … Read more
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PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents Everybody, by 2018 Pulitzer Prize Finalist
PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly presents “Everybody,” the award-winning, Pulitzer Prize finalist comedy directed by Orlando Pabotoy that asks us to consider: What is a life well lived?