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Wallace Foundation Grant to Fund Charlotte Study of Youth Arts Programs
An interdisciplinary team of six UNC Charlotte researchers and three local youth arts organizations has received a $500,000 grant from The Wallace Foundation to support an in-depth study of the impacts of arts engagement on youth participants, their families and those who provide the arts programming. Over the course of two and half years, the […]
Design Evolution
Professor of Architecture Kyoung Hee Kim began developing microalgae-filled building façade systems years ago, prompted by an environmental science class in graduate school. Knowing algae’s ability to sequester carbon and improve air quality as well as potential uses as food or energy sources, she began to design window installations in which microalgae could grow. The […]
Professor Wins State Art Educator Award
Professor of Art Education Jane Dalton has received the 2025-26 Higher Education Art Educator of the Year Award from the North Carolina Art Education Association (NCAEA). Dalton was recognized at the annual NCAEA Professional Development Conference, which was held in Asheboro, October 9-13. A state affiliate of the National Art Education Association (NAEA), the NCAEA […]
Professor’s Mint Museum Exhibition Explores Complexity of Human Engagement with Nature
On her first trip to the United States, when she was still a graduate student in her native Poland, Maja Godlewska spent the summer touring America’s national parks. Afterwards, her paintings of actual and imaginary landscapes became her thesis project and launched a lifetime of considering the sublime in nature and our sometimes fraught engagement with […]
New University City Coffee House is Latest Example of Alum’s Early Success
Just five years after graduating, Alaa Bou Ghanem has established a successful architecture firm and new real estate development venture.
Dance Professor’s Rhode Island Residency Results in New Work
Assistant Professor of Dance Alyah Baker’s “juste, juste” was performed August 24.
Charlotte Dance Professor Creates Work, Curates Festival for London Museum
Associate Professor of Dance Kim Jones recently curated a dance festival for the National Maritime Museum in London.
Digital Archiving for a Hip Hop Symposium
Dance student Naiya Graham was an OUR Summer Research Scholar.
Projective Eye Gallery Presents Kirsten Stolle: “Under the Influence”
The exhibition is on view at The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City through October 17.
Voice Students Compete in NATS National Semifinal Auditions
Two UNC Charlotte voice students, Reem Nour and Jack Richardson, were national semifinalists in the National Association of Teachers of Singing auditions this summer. Founded in 1944, National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) is the largest professional association of teachers of singing in the world, with more than 7,000 members in the United States, […]