Category: Arts & Sciences

Piedmont Theatre Ends Season on a Light Note with Neil Simon’s Rumors April 11-14

The Piedmont University Theatre Department concludes the 23-24 Mainstage season with Neil Simon’s murderous farce Rumors, performing April 11-14. The New York Times declares that Rumors “has nothing on its mind except making the audience laugh.” As their 10nth wedding anniversary party commences, the Deputy Mayor of New York City Charlie Brock lies bleeding in his bedroom, and his…

Barq’s Root Beer Collection Featured at Piedmont Art Museum

Join us for “Barq’s Root Beer: A History of Design” at Piedmont University’s Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art. The exhibition will be on view March 7-April 2. A public reception will be held March 7 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Introduced in 1898, Barq’s Root Beer originated in Biloxi, Mississippi. Edouard Barq, born in New Orleans, began experimenting…

Piedmont Hosts Northeast Georgia Regional Science Fair This Saturday

Piedmont University will welcome more than 70 middle and high school students to its Demorest campus on Saturday, Feb. 3, as it hosts the Northeast Georgia Regional Science & Engineering Fair.  Students will set up in the Commons to present original research on questions from “What Keeps Apples from Turning Brown?” to “Is Artificial Intelligence…

Piedmont Theatre Examines the Role of Women in Vietnam with A Piece of My Heart, Feb. 15-18

The Piedmont University Theatre Department continues the 23-24 Mainstage season with A Piece of My Heart, performing Feb. 15-18. “The play, A Piece of My Heart, by Shirley Lauro, has become the nation’s most enduring theatrical production that deals with the Vietnam War,” according to the VVA Veteran. A Piece of My Heart is the…

Piedmont Students Visit D.C. for Prestigious Scholars Research Program

Piedmont University students were selected to participate in the prestigious 2023-24 Scholars Transforming Through Research (STR) Program sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), which included a trip to Washington, D.C. Piedmont Biology Professor Dr. Julia Schmitz accompanied students Shay Bataille and Addie Bowen and alumna Imani Vincent on the Nov. 5-6 trip. (See…

Ford Brings FBI Background to Piedmont’s Criminal Justice Offerings

Dr. Kristin Ford

Dr. Kristin Ford’s reputation preceded her at Piedmont University. It was a badly kept and slightly incorrect secret that a former Federal Bureau of Investigation profiler was teaching classes at Piedmont this fall. Ford is hesitant to talk much about her background except to explain that she was a crime analyst who supported profilers, not…

Piedmont University Theatre Opens the Season with Rock Musical RENT, Sept. 28-Oct. 1

The Piedmont University Theatre Department opens the 2023-24 MainStage season with the award-winning musical RENT, performing Sept. 28–Oct.1. This ground-breaking production written by Jonathan Larson is about living as well as you can for as long as you can. RENT tells the story of several modern-day Bohemian characters living in the East Village in Manhattan…

Exhibit Featuring Acclaimed Photographer Bud Lee Now at MSMA

Bud Lee Picture Maker: Photographs from 1967 to 1972 is now on view at Piedmont University’s Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art (MSMA). The exhibit will conclude with a reception from 4-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 24. The public is invited to attend this free event.  Lee (1941-2015) was an award-winning, Florida-based photojournalist and artist. Lee studied…