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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 that are...

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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...

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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 Life...

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Music Department Announces New Director of Choral Activities
Dr. Jason Dungee will join the department as assistant professor in August.
   March 18, 2021

The Department of  Music has announced that Dr. Jason Dungee will join the faculty in August as Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities. 

A conductor, tenor, and music educator, Dr. Dungee holds degrees from the University of Arizona, Westminster Choir College, and Hampton University (Virginia). Prior to appointments as Director of Choral Studies in South...

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Alum’s Company, Northwood Ravin, Was City’s Top Commercial Real Estate Developer in 2020
President and CEO David Ravin received his B.A. in Architecture in 1994.
   March 17, 2021

The Charlotte Business Journal has reported that Northwood Ravin, LLC, was the Charlotte area’s largest commercial real estate developer in 2020, ranked by square feet developed. Northwood Ravin, led by architecture alumnus David Ravin ’94, developed 1.46...

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Music Faculty Celebrate Women's History Month with Schonthal's "Love Letters"
Dr. Jessica Lindsey and Dr. Mira Frisch were invited to perform by Gaston College.
   March 15, 2021

Music professors Jessica Lindsey, associate professor of clarinet, and Mira Frisch, professor of cello, have created a recorded performance of Ruth Schonthal's Love Letters in celebration of Women’s History...

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