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For 467 years, an eastern hemlock in the mountains of Western North Carolina has counted the seasons ring by ring. Now, Highlands Biological Station scientist Liam Stiefel has translated those rings into music to allow us to listen to the tree’s centuries-old record.

The Western Carolina University communication department’s TV studio in the Center for Applied Technology received a major renovation over the summer.

Just about anyone’s going to be starstruck when they meet their favorite celebrities. Natalie May’s idols, however, are a bit different than most. They’re scientists, whose research she’s read since she started graduate school at Western Carolina University.

Western Carolina University alumni and friends will be returning to the Lenovo Center in Raleigh in February to cheer on the 2026 Stanley Cup-winning Carolina Hurricanes as they take on the Tampa Bay Lightning in NHL action.

For the first time in more than 20 years, Western Carolina University's Cherokee Center is offering community enrichment and continuing education courses,

Western Carolina University will celebrate Homecoming Oct. 23-25 with a downtown Sylva parade, alumni awards, tailgating and a Southern Conference football matchup.

A faculty member in Western Carolina University’s Department of English Studies who has spent his career studying the works of literary notables Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle has created an endowed fund to ensure that an online collection of their letters and other materials will be preserved at his home campus in perpetuity.

Barbara Jo White, professor of information systems in the College of Business at Western Carolina University, is recipient of the International Association for Computer Information Systems 2026 Ben Bauman Award for Excellence.

For the first time in 30 years, Western Carolina University is welcoming a new sorority back on campus. Alpha Xi Delta, a women’s fraternity, has returned to WCU after a short hiatus, starting this fall.

A new endowment established by a competitive racewalker from Whittier is designed to help the Western Carolina University track and field and cross country programs overcome hurdles, with a campaign for matching gifts in the starting blocks to help push the effort across the finish line.