• Jen Julian & Mackenzie Kozak Alumni Homecoming Reading

    UNCG Alumni House 404 College Ave, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

    UNCG alums Jen Julian and Mackenzie Kozak will return to campus to give a special reading of fiction and poetry. Join us to celebrate homecoming and these alumni publications: Julian’s debut novel, Red Rabbit Ghost, and Kozak’s new collection of poems, no swaddle (winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize). A part of the Department of English’s 2025 Homecoming Celebration, the event will be preceded by a reception. It is free and open to the public.

  • James Daniels & Matt Poindexter Poetry Reading

    UNCG’s Moore Humanities and Research Administration (MHRA) Building 1111 Spring Garden St, Greensboro, NC

    Join The Greensboro Review and local independent presses at a reading to celebrate the release of new collections by James Daniels (MFA at UNCG alum) and Hillsborough, NC poet Matt Poindexter. The reading is free and open to the public.

  • Better Food Futures Forum

    Elliott University Center (EUC) 507 Stirling St, Greensboro, NC, United States

    Join UNCG for this all-day event on the theme, “Better Food Futures,” featuring panels on the intersection of food and the humanities, food security, environmental justice, land stewardship and farming communities from the perspectives of local farmers, practitioners, film makers and faculty.

  • AI, Work, and Meaning

    The College of Arts & Sciences’ Ashby Dialogues presents this lecture by Professor Zach Wrublewski of UNCG’s Philosophy Department. The 2025-26 Ashby Dialogues explores the theme, “Rethinking the Algorithm: AI and the Human Experience.”

  • Barbara Presnell Nonfiction Reading

    Scuppernong Books 304 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC, United States

    Join the Greensboro literary community for an evening with Barbara Presnell, a lifelong Southerner who studied creative writing at UNCG and is now Senior Lecturer Emerita at UNC Charlotte. Presnell will read from her new memoir, Otherwise, I’m Fine, a daughter’s story of unresolved grief and a family’s hard-won healing. This event is free and open to the public; it will be followed by a book signing.

  • The Great Self-Portrait

    UNCG’s Moore Humanities and Research Administration (MHRA) Building 1111 Spring Garden St, Greensboro, NC

    Dr. Hronek examines the nature of cyborg in fictional literature and media and ponders the questions of whether technology is portrayed as a liberator or another means of oppresion.