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Assistant Professor of Architecture Marc Manack, AIA, has received a 2018 Merit Award from American Institute of Architects North Carolina (AIA NC) for the Hillside Rock House, designed by his practice, SILO AR+D. The award was one of 14 given at the 2018 AIA NC Design Conference on October 18 in Durham, N.C. More than […]

The Department of Theatre will present Shakespeare’s comedy, Twelfth Night, October 25-November 4 in the Black Box Theater in Robinson Hall. The production is directed by Robinson Distinguished Professor of Shakespeare Andrew Hartley. Disguise and deception are at the center of Twelfth Night’s plot, in which Viola, separated in a shipwreck from her twin brother, […]

Assistant Professor of Voice Carl DuPont will sing the role of Hortensius in the upcoming Opera Carolina production of The Daughter of the Regiment. Performances take place November 10, 15, and 18 at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center’s Belk Theater in uptown Charlotte. Dr. DuPont, a bass-baritone, made his singing debut as a child in […]

Mary Kenny, who graduated from UNC Charlotte with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre in 2010, is one of the “Top 10 Under Ten” Alumni Award winners. The awards, inaugurated this year by the UNC Charlotte Young Alumni Chapter, recognize 10 exceptional UNC Charlotte alumni who have graduated within the past 10 years. Kenny is […]

UNC Charlotte theatre faculty Aly Amidei and Tom Burch are part of the creative team behind a new immersive theatre production in Chicago. Masque Macabre, which runs October 4 -31 at Strawdog Theatre Company, is inspired by the stories of Edgar Allen Poe and modeled on the highly successful immersive theatre experience, Sleep No More. […]

The North Carolina Association for Colleges and Teacher Educators (NCACTE) has named recent UNC Charlotte dance alumna Makayla Church the 2018 Student Teacher of the Year. Church received the award on October 4 at the 36th Annual North Carolina Teacher Education Forum, Celebrating Our Professional Identity: Shared Knowledge and Advocacy held in Raleigh.The award includes […]

The School of Architecture will present a symposium and exhibition, SEE-ING: The Environmental Consciousness Project, on October 15 from 1:00 to 6:00 pm. The multi-dimensional program, curated by Assistant Professor of Architecture Catty Dan Zhang, includes distinguished guest speakers, a dance performance, and an immersive installation/exhibition that features work by a dozen artists and designers […]

Three Charlotte galleries are featuring works by UNC Charlotte art faculty this fall. Thomas Schmidt, assistant professor of interdisciplinary 3D art, is showing work at Hodges Taylor Gallery; Andrew Leventis, assistant professor of painting, is featured at Sozo Gallery; and retired professor Susan Brenner is in exhibition at Elder Gallery. The Hodges Taylor exhibition, MAKE/SHIFT, […]

Dr. Zhongjie Lin has just published “When Green was the New Black: What Went Wrong with China’s Eco-cities?” in the book, Letters to the Leaders of China: Kongjian Yu and the Future of the Chinese City (ed. Terreform Press, 2018). Dr. Lin is Professor of Architecture & Urbanism and the Director of the Master of […]

On October 2, theatre professors Kaja Dunn and Carlos Cruz will be guests on the radio broadcast “Up Close and Cultural,” which airs on the Rochester (NY) station WAYO 104.3 FM. “Up Close and Cultural” explores challenging issues in 21st-century arts with host Rachel DeGuzman. Dunn and Cruz will discuss the culturally competent acting process […]