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Voice Student Wins Semi-Finalist Round in National Competition

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Voice student Tia Wilson has been selected as a semi-finalist in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Competition for the Hall Johnson Spirituals category. Twelve semi-finalists were chosen from a large pool of contestants from all over the country. The top three finalists will be announced on June 21, with the first place […]

Immersive Visualization Project Wins Knight Foundation Grant

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A project led by Associate Professor of Urban Design Ming-Chun Lee is one of seven recipients of $1 million in funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to foster civic engagement through access to public data. Funded as part of the Knight Foundation’s “Smart Cities” initiative, Lee’s project, Transforming City of Charlotte […]

Microalgae Façade Project Wins NSF Grant

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A long-term multidisciplinary research project by the Integrated Design Research Lab (IDRL), under the direction of Associate Professor of Architecture Kyoung-Hee Kim, has received a Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I (STTR) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF STTR program funds research and development to help transform scientific discovery into products and […]

Voice Professor Performs in “Live at Mint” Stream

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Assistant Professor of Voice Sequina DuBose will perform in Voice and Vision: Live at the Mint, a livestreamed event on May 29 at 6:00 pm. Presented through a collaboration between the Mint Museum and Opera Carolina, the program features performances by five singers, who were asked to create complementary pairings of songs and paintings that […]

Professor’s New Book Demonstrates How Music Training Teaches Life Skills

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GIA Publications, Inc., has released The Transposed Musician: Teaching Universal Skills to Improve Performance and Benefit Life, a new book by Associate Professor of Piano Dylan Savage. A resource for music educators and their students, The Transposed Musician demonstrates that the same skills necessary for a successful life — problem-solving, patience, focus, collaboration, critical thinking, […]

SoA Teams Are Winners in 2020 AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition

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Two projects by UNC Charlotte School of Architecture graduate students are among the 10 winners of the 2020 AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition, presented by the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE) in partnership with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). The international competition recognizes ten exceptional […]

Alumnus Produces “Quarantine Concerts”

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Working from home this spring, in his position as Senior Research Administrator of Invoicing in Grants and Contracts Administration at UNC Charlotte, Zack Tarlton (Bachelor of Architecture, 2013) started playing piano during his lunch hour. While his academic training is in architecture, Tarlton has a long history in musical theatre. “I basically grew up at […]

Theatre Faculty Present Workshop Virtual Reading

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Assistant Professor of Acting Kaja Dunn and Chris Berry, who will return to the Department of Theatre faculty in August, will perform in a workshop reading of a new play by Celeste Jennings, streaming live on May 22 at 7:30 pm. The play-in-progress, Processing, is set in Charlotte and addresses Black economics and immigration through […]

NEA Grant to Fund Arts-based Social Mobility Research

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An interdisciplinary team from UNC Charlotte has received a $29,000 Research Grant in the Arts from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for the project “Arts-based social mobility: Exploring cultural capital in Charlotte, NC.” Led by Associate Professor of Sociology Vaughn Schmutz, the research team includes Professor of Architecture Ken Lambla, Associate Professor of […]

The Effects of COVID-19 on Architecture: Nine Predictions from an SoA Graduate Seminar

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When the coronavirus pandemic hit, in the middle of the spring semester, it added a whole new layer of significance to the assignments in Assistant Professor of Architectural History Lidia Klein’s spring seminar. The curriculum for the graduate course, Architecture and Production: from Assembly Line to 3-D Printing, challenged students to investigate “changes in methods […]