“Southern Indigenous Waters” is the first event in the “Rising Waters: Writing Place and Environment” Thomas Howerton lecture series, a series that puts humanities scholars in conversation with natural sciences scholars about issues affecting us all. On October 30, 2025, Duke hydrologist Ryan Emanuel and East Carolina University literary scholar Kirstin Squint will discuss the centrality of place and water for southern Indigenous people.

Join the English Department for the Katherine Min Memorial Reading, featuring a live performance by the Black Mountain–based podcast Palimpsest Productions. Palimpsest is a single-voiced audio drama exploring memory, identity, and the things that haunt us.

Discover what makes UNC Asheville a truly unique public liberal arts university at our Open House! Spend the day exploring campus, meeting current students and faculty, and learning about our […]

Dr. Kenneth B. Wagener, Butler Chaired Professor Emeritus and Butler Laboratory Director Emeritus of the University of Florida, is the speaker for the 27th Annual S. Dexter Squibb Distinguished Lecture Series in Chemistry. On Monday, November 17 at 7:00pm, he will be speaking on "The Positives and Negatives of Plastics in Today's Society."