James Costa, professor of biology at Western Carolina University and director of the Highlands Biological Station, will read from and discuss his new book “The Annotated Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edition of ‘On the Origin of Species’” at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, in the Canterbury House of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Cullowhee.
Anna Fariello of Hunter Library's Craft Revival Project has written a book on Cherokee basketry.
Justin Caudell, a junior at Western Carolina University and editor-in-chief of the Western Carolinian student newspaper, has been appointed to Global Newswire’s U.S. national editorial board.
The Western Carolina University Communication Student Organization is assisting the Jackson County Motorcycle Association with the third annual Toy Run Parade to benefit the Jackson County Christmas Store.
Western Carolina University’s Public Policy Institute is sponsoring a collaborative effort to recruit more students and citizens with diverse backgrounds to serve as poll workers in county elections.
A book co-authored by Ron C. Michaelis, a faculty member in the biology department at Western Carolina University, was cited multiple times in a recent opinion by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
Jack Summers, assistant professor of chemistry at Western Carolina University, has been working with the Asheville-based Bent Creek Institute for the past two years in a study hoping to identify compounds from Appalachian plant life that help in fighting cancer.
Thanks to a contribution of $20,000 from the Barstow Foundation, Western Carolina University has created a scholarship and fellowship fund in tribute to the late Bob Zahner, former trustee of Highlands Biological Station.
Western Carolina University’s Cherokee Language Program received a $199,540 grant to continue its efforts in developing and revising Cherokee language coursework.
Paul Dezendorf, an instructor in Western Carolina University’s master’s degree program in public affairs, won a J. William Fulbright Scholarship grant to conduct research and teach two courses at the State University-Higher School of Economics in Moscow in the fall.
A poem by Catherine Carter, director of Western Carolina University’s English education program, was recently selected to be published in “The Best American Poetry 2009.”
David Dorondo, associate professor of history, has been elected as an at-large member to the board of the North Carolina Association of Historians.
