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UNC Creative Writing Lecturer Tyree Daye Wins 2019 Whiting Award

April 1, 2019

Tyree Daye, a lecturer in poetry in UNC’s Creative Writing Program in the English & Comparative Literature Department, is one of this year’s Whiting Award recipients, a prestigious $50,000 award supporting the work of talented emerging writers.

Confronting Conflict with Creativity

March 18, 2019

From Chapel Hill to the Democratic Republic of Congo, music professor Chérie Rivers Ndaliko empowers students to come together and use creativity as a touchstone for social change.

Promoting the power of music

February 20, 2019

The College of Arts & Sciences’ music department is celebrating a century of performance and scholarship this year.

Well Said: The songs of the American South

January 30, 2019

Bill Ferris, the John R. Williamson eminent professor emeritus of history, never could have imagined being nominated for two Grammy Awards when he first picked up a camera at 12 years old.

Art studio opens up in Carolina residence hall

October 9, 2018

The studio, a partnership between Arts Everywhere, UNC Housing and the art and art history department, is designed to bring the arts out of museums and into students’ daily lives.

Sharing the beauty of music

October 2, 2018

World-class instructors in the College of Arts & Sciences’ music department started the UNC Community Music School to serve students of all ages and offer group and individual classes in piano, voice, guitar, composition and early childhood music.

Jamie Blake is selected as Harold J. Glass USAF Graduate Fellow

September 6, 2018

Jamie Blake, a UNC-Chapel Hill doctoral student in musicology, will serve as the Harold J. Glass USAF Graduate Fellow for academic year 2018-19 – providing, among other benefits, mentoring from the professor who selected her specifically for the award.