NC State University students will discuss how they used drones during a cross-disciplinary, two-month field experience in Namibia. Larry Silverberg of the College of Engineering will also share how NC State is teaching students about drone technology and its exciting current and future applications.
You are invited to join us for the opening reception for two exhibitions — All That Glitters: Spark and Dazzle from the Permanent Collection and Design by Time. The two exhibitions will run Jan. 24-May 17.All That Glitters investigates humanity’s age-old fascination with shiny objects. What is it that makes them so attractive? Some of…
Tiber F.M. Falzett is the inaugural holder of the Scottish Heritage USA visiting lectureship in Scottish Gaelic Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. A fluent Scottish Gaelic speaker as well as a singer and bagpiper, Falzett has presented and performed from hearthsides and village halls to national broadcast media in both Scotland and Canada. As an active…
Data visualization is inherently visual. Does that mean people with visual impairments or blindness are out of luck? Not anymore. Join Ed Summers, a blind computer scientist and director of accessibility at SAS, for a demonstration of new technology that enables students and professionals with visual impairments or blindness to independently explore data using sonification.…
The GLBT Center hosts sensory-friendly hours every day. During sensory-friendly time, the center turns down the noise and turns off lights, making space for our community members that have processing sensitivities or may need sensory adjustment, so that they can enjoy the space most. This is a time in which we ask you to acknowledge…
All That Glitters investigates humanity’s age-old fascination with shiny objects. What is it that makes them so attractive? Some of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design's most visually stunning objects help probe some of the deeper cultural, psychological and even evolutionary impulses behind their appeal.Design by Time, from the Pratt Manhattan Gallery, offers works…
Join us for an inside look at the construction progress of the Wellness and Recreation Center. Tours will meet at the Aquatic Center entrance. All participants must wear closed-toed shoes and long pants to take the tour. Hard hats and reflective vests will be provided. Tours are limited to 12 individuals per time slot.
The Council on Undergraduate Education advises the provost in matters relating to undergraduate education and the General Education Program.
The dual purpose of Feminist Fridays is to create a community of scholars who believe in collaborative leadership through engaging in critical discourse and reflection and to provide an opportunity for transformative learning through discussion and counter-storytelling, refuting the dominant narrative often attributed to marginalized populations.Feminist Friday scholars facilitate discussions that often provoke dissonance as…
When jazz legend Marcus Roberts sits down at the piano, you want to be in that room. He’s got the wild style of Thelonious Monk with a little Fats Waller thrown in for good measure. He’s won countless awards (his most cherished is the Helen Keller Award for Personal Achievement), launched his own record label,…