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  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ professor emeritus Betty Farmer poses for a photo wearing a dark purple blazer

    Farmer to deliver “The Last Lectureâ€� at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ

    November 3

    Betty Farmer, professor emeritus of communication at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, will present “What Matters Most: Lessons on Leadership and Emotional Intelligence.â€�

  • Sloan Despeaux and Nathan Borchelt

    Two Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ math professors lead national workshop

    Shane Ryden
    October 29

    This September, two Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ professors were invited by the American Institute of Mathematics to share how they’ve grown and sustained a statewide professional network with fellow mathematics educators.

  • A group of students before the 2026 Freshman Run.

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ welcomes record enrollment, largest-ever freshman class

    Cam Adams
    September 3

    More Catamounts are prowling classrooms in person and online than ever before. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Office of Institutional Planning and Effectiveness released its Fall 2026 enrollment statistics, as Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ welcomed its largest freshman class and biggest student population in university history.

  • Students walking around the center of campus during Valley Ballyhoo

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ fall 2026 enrollment could reach historic high

    Julia Duvall
    July 30

    Leaders at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ certainly knew that interest from prospective students was on the rise, but this fall’s enrollment is shaping up to be historic.

  • Portrait of Vinson Russell. A man with a red beard smiles while standing against a gray background

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ faculty accepted into national Deliberative Citizenship Network

    Julia Duvall
    June 23

    Following a national search and competitive review process, three Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ faculty members have been selected for the inaugural cohort of the Deliberative Citizenship Network.

  • Jim Costa at HBS

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ professor publishes new Darwin annotations

    Shane Ryden
    May 13

    A new book from executive director of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Highlands Biological Station and professor of biology James Costa sheds new light on a classic work of evolutionary theory from famed naturalist Charles Darwin. “The Descent of Man: An Annotated Edition of Darwin’s Classic Workâ€� was published this April by Princeton University Press, coauthored by Costa and University of Iowa history professor Elizabeth E. Yale.

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumna and former EBCI Chief Joyce Dugan stands at a podium speaking to a crowd at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ to honor Joyce Dugan for decades of service to education, EBCI, WNC

    Brooklyn Brown MA '22 and Julia Duvall '15
    April 23

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ will award an honorary Doctor of Education to Joyce Conseen Dugan in recognition of her leadership, lifelong commitment to education and contributions to the Cherokee people and Western North Carolina.

  • Photo of Shalana Yates

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumna Shalana Yates named director of Cherokee Center

    Julia Duvall
    April 6

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ has appointed Shalana Yates as director of the Cherokee Center, bringing to the role a strong background in nonprofit operations, tribal government, and leadership.

  • Ammon Hottensmith

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ biology student tracks down fungus with a taste for nematodes

    Cam Adams
    March 31

    Ammon Hottensmith has always been interested in critters. Growing up on a small farm in Ohio, the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ junior has always been surrounded by them. Everyone is, whether you’re in the hills of the Midwest or the mountains of Appalachia.

  • Brian Byrd

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ professor Brian Byrd receives 2026 BOG Excellence in Teaching Award

    Shane Ryden
    March 10

    This February, Brian Byrd, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s professor of environmental health sciences and resident “skeeter man,â€� was awarded the 2026 University of North Carolina System Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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