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9 hrs ago | Newswise

UNCW's Inaugural Summer Writers Conference to Feature Publishing Roundtable

Literary agent James Fitzgerald will be joining the Department of Creative Writing, Randall Library and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute 's inaugural Creative Writers Conference taking place June 28-30, the University of North Carolina Wilmington announced today.

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Related Topix: New York, Arts, Poetry

Mon May 20, 2013

OUTImpact.com

NYC Candlelight Vigil for Mark Carson, Hate Crime Victim in Greenwich Village

Bambi Weavil is Out Impact, Inc.'s Founder and President since June 2007. Bambi is a graduate from the class of 2004 from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Bachelor of Arts in English with an emphasis in Professional Writing.

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Related Topix: Greenwich Village (New York, NY), North Carolina

Fri May 17, 2013

WWAY-TV Wilmington

Ducks being beheaded in Northchase

"This is simply some whacko being a killer," said Pamela Evers, homeowner, environmental attorney and University of North Carolina Wilmington business professor.

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Related Topix: Wilmington, NC

Fri May 10, 2013

StarNewsOnline.com

UNCW police investigating fires

Police at the University of North Carolina Wilmington are investigating five small fires that were found on campus early Friday morning, according to an email sent to students, faculty and staff.

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Related Topix: Wilmington, NC

Harlan Daily Enterprise

McCall to deliver KCTCS commencement address

Michael B. McCall, founding president and chief executive officer of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, will deliver the address for the 48th Commencement and Awarding of Credentials at Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College set for 6 p.m. Friday.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Middlesboro, KY, Pineville, KY

Thu May 09, 2013

The Star Online

Frozen yogurt shop opens in Boiling Springs

The bright blue walls, multi-colored peach paintings and crisp white booths all lend an upbeat, almost vacation-like atmosphere to The Fuzzy Peach on College Avenue.

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Related Topix: Boiling Springs, NC, Wilmington, NC, Gardner-Webb University

Wed May 08, 2013

Live Science

When 'Suckers' Rebuild Eroding Beaches, 'Free Riders' Benefit

What do you call a coastal town that keeps spending millions of dollars on bringing sand to rebuild its eroded beaches? According to scientists at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, "sucker" is the appropriate term.

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Related Topix: Oceanography, Science, North Carolina

StarNewsOnline.com

'Sugar, Slavery, Christianity and the Making of Race'

Caribbean Studies Press announces the publication of "Sugar, Slavery, Christianity and the Making of Race" by Mark Edelman Boren, associate professor of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington .

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Related Topix: University of Florida, University of Georgia, New York

Tue May 07, 2013

Middlesboro Daily News

Michael B. McCall, founding president and chief executive officer of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, will deliver the address for the 48th Commencement and Awarding of Credentials at Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College set for 6 p.m. Friday.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Middlesboro, KY, Pineville, KY

Fri May 03, 2013

New Hampshire Public Radio -

Advice For New Dads From A Veteran Father Of Four

Clyde Edgerton has written 10 novels, including most recently The Bible Salesman and The Night Train.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family

StarNewsOnline.com

Cold War history -- from Southeastern North Carolina

Fink, who holds a Ph.D. from Yale, taught at the University of North Carolina Wilmington in the 1980s through 1991, when she joined the faculty of the Ohio State University.

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Related Topix: Wilmington, NC, Ohio State University

Wed May 01, 2013

Lumina News

Bird feces, regrowth could hold key to water contamination

In an ongoing study of Wrightsville Beach's stormwater system, Dr. Rachel Noble of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill's Institute of Marine Science in Morehead City has been working with the town to determine the root of bacterial contamination that triggers swimming advisories during summer months.

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Related Topix: Wrightsville Beach, NC, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Wilmington, NC, E. Coli, Health

Mountain Xpress

Wild Plant Walk May 4

Full announcement from ECO WNC: - ECO, the Environmental and Conservation Organization, will host a Wild Plant Walk on Saturday, May 4 from 10-12 as part of its monthly Sustainable Living Workshop Series.

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Related Topix: Hendersonville, NC, Wilmington, NC

Sat Apr 27, 2013

Hispanic Business

Unclear how 'Iron Man 3' could affect North Carolina tourism

April 27--Long before Dave Monahan ever set foot in Southeastern North Carolina, he was a fan of feature-film "Blue Velvet," a concoction of small-town values with smatters of kinky sex, drug use, Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and one hairy, severed ear.

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Related Topix: North Carolina, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Blue Velvet, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Beer, Wilmington, NC

Fri Apr 26, 2013

WECT-TV Wilmington

UNCW establishes private venture capitalist fund

Officials at the University of North Carolina Wilmington announced Friday plans to open its Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for use late this summer.

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Related Topix: Wilmington, NC

Thu Apr 25, 2013

StarNewsOnline.com

UNCW, Friends of Snipes host Snipes Elementary students

Students from Snipes Elementary School had a morning full of cultural arts Thursday, thanks to the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Wilmington, NC

Wed Apr 24, 2013

StarNewsOnline.com

Ecotone party April 25

Last minute reminder: The creative writing department at the University of North Carolina Wilmington is throwing a launch party for the spring issue of Ecotone, the UNCW literary magazine.

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Related Topix: Wilmington, NC

StarNewsOnline.com

Along came Jones

April is Poetry Month so it's only appropriate to tip a quill to longtime Wilmington poet Jean Jones, who'll be giving a reading a 7 p.m. Friday, April 26, at Pomegranate Books.

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Related Topix: Arts, Poetry, Wilmington, NC, Laurinburg, NC