Arts and Culture

When Sociology Prof. Shelley Grant first envisioned a mentor project for her Media and Crime students three years ago, she hoped for just the kind of outcome she got with JaNay Burrows and Kamryn Satterwhite.

Burrows, 23, a junior Social …

The Jacksonville University Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Marguerite Richardson, Associate Professor of Strings in the College of Fine Arts, will present a free holiday concert to the community at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in Terry …

The Division of Music’s “Songs of the Season” is an uplifting CD collection of traditional holiday songs spanning nearly 500 years of musical repertoire, from the Renaissance to holiday favorites of the 20th century.

It’s produced by the student-run Jacksonville …

PepsiCo Chairman and Chief Executive Indra K. Nooyi received the inaugural Jacksonville University Presidential Global Citizen Award Nov. 13, recognizing one of the world’s most powerful business leaders for her commitment to bettering society and improving the planet.

Before an …

Renowned legal expert and author Garrett Epps will put the U.S. Constitution under the microscope in a presentation Monday, Nov. 17, at Jacksonville University.

Epps, author of the 2013 Silver Gavel Award finalist “American Epic: Reading the U.S. Constitution,” is …

It’s Mario & JoJo, headlining a much-anticipated free Fall Fest concert for the JU community at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Larry Strom Amphitheater on Dolphin Green. Co-headlining the energetic performance will be Young Trajik.

Mario, a …

The Jacksonville University Orchestra will span three centuries of compositional styles in its Oct. 21 free concert featuring music by Joseph Haydn, Maurice Ravel and JU’s own Dr. Michael Olson.

Beneath the Frozen Lake by Olson, an assistant professor …

Rapid technological advances, heavy use of social media, an uncertain economy and more vaguely defined relationship roles are having the paradoxical effect of causing people to become increasingly self-absorbed, damaging the very community they seek to connect with, argues a …

Clay & Canvas Studio’s biannual Open Studio Night Exhibition from 5-8 p.m. Oct. 25 will feature the newest works of Jacksonville University art professors Lily Kuonen and Tiffany Whitfield Leach alongside those of guest artist Madeleine Peck-Wagner.

Jacksonville artist Robin …

The Jacksonville University Music Department will present the JU Wind Ensemble and the First Coast Wind Ensemble in a partner concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in Terry Concert Hall on the JU campus at 2800 University Blvd. N. …