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Professor Awarded Arnold W. Brunner Grant for Architectural Research
Rachel Dickey is one of four 2021 grant recipients from a national pool of applicants.
   April 9, 2021

Assistant Professor of Architecture Rachel Dickey has received a 2021 Arnold W. Brunner Grant for Architectural Research from the AIA New York Center for Architecture. Established in the 1950s, the Arnold W. Brunner Grant is awarded to mid-career architects for advanced study in any...

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Art Students’ Work Included in Chicago Museum Exhibition
Museum of Science and Industry’s Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition opened April 7.
   April 8, 2021

Works by UNC Charlotte art students Ajané Williams and Malik J. Norman have been accepted into the Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition, which opened at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago on April 7. Held annually since 1970, the Black Creativity...

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Voice Professor Joins International Florence Price Fest Leadership Team
Dr. Sequina DuBose serves as the vice president of the board of the new program.
   April 6, 2021

Assistant Professor of Voice Sequina DuBose has become vice president of the board of the International Florence Price Fest, a new initiative dedicated to promoting the music of Black American composer Florence Price (1887-1953). The International Florence Price Fest...

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Dance Professor is Emerging Creators Fellowship Recipient
Tamara Williams has received an Arts & Council grant to continue ring shout research.
   April 5, 2021

Assistant Professor of Dance Tamara Williams is one of six recipients of the 2021 Emerging Creators Fellowships from the Arts & Science Council. The $5000 grants support “creatives with evolving practices...

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UNC Charlotte Student Receives Diversity in Arts Leadership Internship
Theatre major Alex Gomes is one of just 25 recipients of the prestigious national internship.
   April 2, 2021

UNC Charlotte student Alex Gomes has been accepted into the 2021 Diversity in Arts Leadership (DIAL) internship program established by Americans for the Arts....

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Two Students Advance to NATS National Auditions
Migdalia Ramirez and Sam Pomerantz will compete in the Music Theater category.
   March 30, 2021

Two UNC Charlotte students who competed at the state and regional levels of the National Association for Teachers of Singing (NATS) Student Auditions have advanced to the national level of the competition in the Music Theater category. Sam Pomerantz (student of Assistant Professor of Voice Sequina DuBose) and Migdalia Ramirez (student of...

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Building Design + Construction Interviews SoA Director
Blaine Brownell spoke about new materials and systems for post-COVID construction.
   March 30, 2021

School of Architecture Director Blaine Brownell, FAIA, was interviewed by Building Design + Construction Executive Editor Robert Cassidy about new materials and systems for post-COVID construction. The interview was broadcast on March 11 via Horizon TV Construction Streaming.

In his interview, Brownell presented five trends or products in building technology that offer...

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Trio of Theatre Faculty Co-author Chapter on Decolonizing Shakespeare
New Shakespeare "Research Handbook" includes chapter by Andrew Hartley, Kaja Dunn, and Chris Berry.
   March 27, 2021

Three professors in the Department of Theatre have jointly written a chapter for The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance, a new book published this month by Bloomsbury. Andrew Hartley, Kaja Dunn, and...

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School of Architecture Names New Master of Urban Design Director
Sekou Cooke’s research centers on the emergent field of Hip-Hop Architecture.
   March 23, 2021

The School of Architecture has announced that architect, researcher, educator, and curator Sekou Cooke will become the new director of the Master of Urban Design (MUD) program. Cooke will join the architecture faculty in August.

Jamaican born, Cooke comes to UNC Charlotte from Syracuse, New York...

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Professor’s New Book Explores History, Culture, and Methodology of African-Brazilian Dance
Silvestre Technique is the topic of Assistant Professor Tamara Williams’s book.
   March 21, 2021

A new book by Assistant Professor of Dance Tamara Williams explores Silvestre Technique, the contemporary dance technique founded by Rosangela Silvestre as an extension of the spiritual dance traditions of enslaved Africans in Brazil. Giving...

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