UNC Asheville

An Asheville nonprofit leads an effort to map the hottest neighborhoods in the city and parts of Buncombe County.

Ada Limón is the 24th U.S. Poet Laureate and first Latina to hold the title. She visits UNC Asheville campus for an evening of poetry on Monday.BPR’s Helen Chickering caught up with her by phone last week at her home in Lexington.

UNC Asheville Chancellor Nancy J. Cable has announced her intention to step down from her role effective December 31, 2022.

Just one month after the protests following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Asheville City Council approved a resolution calling for…

For almost 40 years, faculty at UNC Asheville have helped in the creation of the annual global Political Terror Scale. The report measures and codes human…

A local biologist who's been making waves for her research into jellyfish that reside in freshwater ecosystems, including some here in Western North…

A project to document the lives of LGBTQ+ people in Western North Carolina is expanding.The LGBTQ+ Oral History Archive was founded at UNC Asheville in…

Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris had to cancel a planned trip to Asheville last week when two staffers tested positive for COVID-19. On…

(UPDATE 7:30 p.m.) - The shelter in place order at UNC Asheville has been lifted, almost 12 hours after it went into place. There will be an increased law…

This month, universities said good-bye to graduating seniors in unusual ways. BPR takes us to UNC Asheville’s English graduation: On May 9, Professor Lori…