University Libraries will host a virtual book club in September and October of novelist and essayist Laila Lalami’s The Moor’s Account. The book, which won the the American Book Award, the Arab-American Book Award and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2015, as well as a…
Month: August 2020
Online Learning and Research Events for Fall
The Online Learning and Innovation Webinar Series is for UNCG faculty, instructors, librarians, graduate students, TAs and staff interested in learning more about instructional technology and online learning at UNCG. The series will cover topics on library resources and research tools. These webinars are all 30 minutes and are hosted in Zoom. Once participants sign up,…
UNCG Alumni & Friends Book Club: Our Next Book Is Here “How to Be an Antiracist”
This summer has seen an unprecedented groundswell of support for the racial justice movement in America. Sparked by the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, uprisings across the country have led to challenging and critical discussions around race and equity. One of the ways we can all work towards a more equitable…
Flick! Experimental Film Festival Artist Talk Featuring Gregory Price Grieve
The Digital Media Commons (DMC) will present its first artist talk series on August 26, 2020, at 7 p.m., as part of its Flick! Experimental Film Festival 2020. The free event will be held virtually via Zoom and feature artist Gregory Price Grieve, professor and head of the Department of Religious Studies at UNCG. Grieve’s…
Students Recommend Their Favorite Titles from the Kirby-Smith Poetry Collection
Jenny Dale, information literacy coordinator and associate professor for University Libraries, collaborated with Dr. Carl Schlachte, an instructor in the Department of English, on a Mellon-funded Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) for his English 106: Introduction to Poetry courses during the spring 2020 semester. Students selected books in the University Libraries’ Kirby-Smith Poetry Collection with…