Susan DeVore, a UNC Charlotte alumna and trustee, is among the inaugural group of “Influential Leaders” named by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the global accrediting body and membership association for business schools.
Malin Pereira, executive director of the Honors College and Giving Green co-chair, and Zachary Tarlton, Giving Green champion, will be the guests on the Sept.24 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast.
The Office of Legal Affairs Fall Symposium will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center Salons.
Six sessions are scheduled with three separate tracks in each. Topics in the tracks will focus on students, business/administration and employment.
Eric Saule, an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department in the College of Computing and Informatics, will present the webinar “Toward Machine Oblivious Graph Analysis” at noon, Tuesday, Oct. 6. This event is part of the DataByte lunchtime webinar series sponsored by the National Consortium for Data Science (NCDS).
The Heroes in Recovery 6K, sponsored by the Foundations Recovery Network, will benefit UNC Charlotte’s Collegiate Recovery Community (CRC) for the second year in a row. The race will be held Sunday, Sept. 27, at University Research Park, starting at 8 a.m.
Professor of Biological Sciences Stanley Schneider is the 2015 recipient of the Bank America Award for Teaching Excellence, one of UNC Charlotte’s most prestigious honors.
Roughly 130 employers are expected to participate in the Student Job and Internship Fair, scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 1, in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center. More than 1,800 jobs and internship opportunities will be available at the event, according to fair organizers.
While the results of new National Institutes of Health study on blood pressure management could help reduce cardiovascular disease and save lives, questions on the data and its implementation remain, according to one UNC Charlotte expert.
The North Carolina Budget Conference Report for 2015-17 will fully fund enrollment growth for UNC campuses and provide a one-time bonus of $750 for all permanent state employees. However, the overall UNC system faces an $18 million reduction for the 2015-16 fiscal year, or approximately $1 million for UNC Charlotte.
Beth Whitaker, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, is one of five finalists for the 2015 Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence.
Queen’s Table dedicated the sculpture “Ainsa III” by artist Jaume Plensa at UNC Charlotte Center City on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
Created in Barcelona, Spain, by the world-renowned artist, the sculpture was commissioned especially for the site by Queen’s Table, an anonymous group that previously has donated six different sculptures to Charlotte’s public spaces during the past 30 years.
Julie Howell really likes calling North Carolina home, so much so, that she sought the opportunity to settle in the Tar Heel State about 16 years ago.
A native of Olathe, Kan., Howell retired from the telecommunications industry after a 26-year career in which she lived in several large cities.
