Research

WFAE 90.7FM radio reporter Gwendolyn Glenn speaks to art history professor Lisa Homann about the newly installed African gallery at the Mint Museum of Art. Homann is an African art specialist and served as the guest curator for the collection exhibition. Read and hear the full story here.

What if the design of a brick could reduce the spread of malaria? That question lies at the heart of the course “Building Health: Resilient Building Materials for Global Health & Sustainability.” Cross-listed between architecture and civil engineering and developed collaboratively by architecture professor Liz McCormick and civil engineering professor Brett Tempest, “Building Health” challenges conventional architectural […]

Architecture professor Rachel Dickey and music professor Jessica Lindsey presented their unique course curriculum at a recent national conference.

WFAE 90.7 FM environmental reporter Zachary Turner interviews Professor of Architecture Kyoung Hee Kim and graduate research assistant Constance Sartor about the regenerative microalgae window facade system now installed at Innovation Barn. Read and hear the full story here.

WFAE 90.7 FM public radio previews the interdisciplinary research-based exhibition Subcritical, featuring work by Associate Professor of Art Marek Ranis in collaboration with Professor of Geology Missy Eppes. Read and hear the story here.

“Subcritical” is a multi-sensory exhibition, book launch, reception and public conversation on April 4.

James Grymes has a distinguished career as a professor of musicology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The Knoxville News Sentinel interviews Grymes about his book,  “Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust ‒ Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour,” published in 2014.

Reinstallation of the Mint’s African art collection focuses on ethics and transparency.

An article by professor Marissa Nesbit and student Chloe Gosline appears in the journal Dance Education in Practice.

After a multiyear renovation, the Mint Museum Randolph has re-opened its African art galleries. The new installation fills three galleries and includes fertility statues, textiles, African masks and other forms of art from across the African continent. The re-installation began in 2019 when Jen Sudul Edwards joined The Mint. Edwards said she wanted to work […]