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Department of Drama Announces a Classic Season
Classic plays and musicals that illuminate the world of today highlight the 2019/2020 Department of Drama season. From Shakespeare to Arthur Miller to Rodgers and Hammerstein, the season is a feast of great language, great music, big ideas and big…
鶹ƵUniversity Establishes New Institute for Autonomous Systems Policy
From self-driving cars to drone delivery systems, from robotic underwater vessels to smart-home technologies, the increasing reliance on autonomous systems poses complex social, ethical and legal questions that demand interdisciplinary, multifaceted research. At 鶹ƵUniversity’s inaugural Autonomous Systems Policy Symposium,…
Sharif Bey Named 2019 Judith Greenberg Seinfeld Scholar
Sharif Bey, associate professor of art education in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the School of Education, has been named the 2019 Judith Greenberg Seinfeld Scholar award recipient in recognition of his outstanding work as an artist,…
Friday Premiere Party Planned for Inclusive Micro-Short Student Film ‘Third Shift’
The creative micro-short film “Third Shift”—co-produced by The Blackstone LaunchPad at 鶹ƵUniversity Libraries, InclusiveU and College of Visual and Performing Arts film and design students—will have its world premiere on Friday, April 26, at 1 p.m. at a year-end…
School of Design’s Kelceoglu Wins International Lighting Design Award
Bekir Kelceoglu, assistant professor of industrial and interaction design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, was a winner in the industrial design category of the international 2018 LIT Design Awards for the mAPPLE. Kelceoglu was…
鶹ƵUniversity Student Team Competing Tonight in ACC InVenture Prize Competition Finals; Event Will Be Streamed Live
鶹ƵUniversity students Alec Gillinder ’20 and Quinn King ’20 (College of Visual and Performing Arts, School of Design) have made it to the final five of the ACC InVenture Prize Competition. The elite finalists, selected from a field of…
VPA Names Pianist, Scholar Milton Laufer New Setnor School of Music Director
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that Milton Rubén Laufer, a pianist and scholar and current director of Western Carolina University’s School of Music, has been named director of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S….
School of Design’s Saluti Curates First Retrospective of Artist Louisa Chase ’73
“Louisa Chase: Below the Surface,” a current exhibition at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York, is the first retrospective of the neo-expressionist and new image painter and printmaker. Curated by Andrew Saluti, assistant professor and program coordinator…
‘Thank You, Andy!’ Features New Work by Two Studio Arts Graduate Students
914 Works will present “Thank You, Andy!,” a two-person exhibition of work by Brett Morgan G’21 and Hollie Lyko G’19, April 10-13. Morgan and Lyko are students in the M.F.A. degree program in studio arts in the College of Visual…
‘Out of Sight Into Mind’ Explores Magical Spirit of Dinosaurs in Modern Culture
Chris Wildrick has long been captivated by dinosaurs. As an artist, he is especially interested in and studies the aesthetics and interpretations of dinosaurs. He even once contemplated a career switch into the paleontology field. Over the past several years,…