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The UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees has awarded reappointment, promotion, and/or permanent tenure to the following faculty in the College of Arts + Architecture. (All cases effective July 1, 2016.) Reappointment at the current rank of Assistant Professor: · Dr. Jane Dalton, Department of Art & Art History · Thomas Schmidt, Department of Art & […]

Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture Jeffrey Nesbit’s proposal, “Aquatic Resiliency,” has been named a finalist in the NYC Aquarium & Public Waterfront international design competition. Sponsored by arch out loud, the open idea competition attracted 565 participants with 178 proposals from 40 countries across six continents. Twenty-four projects were chosen for recognition, including three winning […]

Architecture student Jessica Nutz, mentored by Assistant Professor Dr. Kyounghee Kim, has received a “2016 International COTE Top Ten for Students” Design Competition Award. Open to accredited schools in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, this international competition is sponsored by the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE) in partnership with the […]

A project by Dr. Charles Davis, assistant professor of architectural history and criticism, and students of the School of Architecture will be part of the echo Art Fair, a juried fine art and design exposition in Buffalo, NY. The pieces, Carpenter Brownstone and Thespian Brownstone, will make up one of four installations in the “Light […]

Three architecture students have been awarded Scholarships in Practice for the 2016-17 academic year: Scott Barber: BB+M Scholarship in Practice Yagmur Ersayin: C DESIGN Scholarship in Practice Dean Crouch: CLARK NEXSEN Scholarship in Practice The “Scholarship in Practice” is a combined scholarship/internship program that has been established in partnership with local architecture firms. Rising fifth-year […]

Assistant Professor of Dance Kim Jones performed Martha Graham’s 1935 solo, Imperial Gesture, on April 22 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. The program of “Historic and Significant Female Solos, 1928-1954” featured four dancers performing rarely seen solos by Graham and other women choreographers. In 2012, Jones, a former member of the […]

Physical theatre expert CarlosAlexis Cruz, an assistant professor of voice and movement at UNC Charlotte and an Artist-In-Residence at McColl Center for Art + Innovation, will present his main stage production of “Nouveau Sud, Nouveau Cirque” April 29-30 at Booth Playhouse at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center (130 N. Tryon St., Charlotte). Funded by ASC’s $25,000 […]

Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design Deb Ryan, with co-author and School of Architecture alumnus Frank Vagnone, has been awarded the Individual Achievement Award 2015 by The Museum Association of New York (MANY). The award is in recognition of producing a significant body of work of note over the last seven years: “The Awards […]

Dr. Brian Arreola, associate professor of voice and director of the opera workshop program, recently sang the role of Romeo in Charles Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, performed by Toledo Opera in Toledo, Ohio, April 6-10. “Tenor Brian Arreola created a Romeo whose persona churned from petulant adolescent to ardent lover, and finally impetuous hero,” reported […]

An ambitious six-year project to address all of Shakespeare’s plays before the 400th anniversary of his death comes to completion on April 23 with As We Like It in the Anne R. Belk Theater at Robinson Hall. Tackling six plays a year in formats ranging from lectures to full-blown theatrical productions, the “36 in 6 […]