UNC Charlotte is hosting the 43rd Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) and the 10th American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2015) from Monday, June 8, through Friday, June 12, at the Hilton Charlotte University Place.
The North Carolina economy is in its sixth consecutive year of economic growth in 2015, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported in his quarterly forecast for the state.
Connaughton, in his Babson Capital Management/UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast, highlighted five areas of the economy to watch in the near term:
The Mecklenburg Soil and Water Conservation District has honored UNC Charlotte Urban Institute Associate Director Mary Newsom and the institute’s “KEEPING WATCH on WATER: City of Creeks” project with its Urban Conservation Award.
Jeffrey Miller, associate director of bands/director of athletic bands, will be the guest on the June 4 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. The Pride of Niner Nation Marching Band will take the field this September for its inaugural season.
The Charlotte 49ers will have three of its home games broadcast on the FOX and CBS family of networks, according to the preliminary Conference USA TV package, released recently.
Charles Davis II, assistant professor of architectural history, was awarded a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts for his project “Building Character: The Racial Politics of Modern Architectural Style, 1860-1945.”
When she was a kid, Kailey Filter heard a story about a pair of stretchers rushed into a hospital, one after the other. The first held a man, the second: his missing foot.
The mother of Filter’s close childhood friend was a nurse. She often came home and told the girls about her day at work, accounts that painted an all too clear picture of what nurses see and do.
Financial planning can help employees to achieve important fiscal goals – from budgeting for unexpected expenses to sustaining one’s lifestyle in retirement.
An outside organization, the Charlotte Medical Education Expansion Committee, has released the results of a feasibility study for a medical school in the Queen City. The group’s consulting agency Tripp Umbach concluded Charlotte needs a four-year medical school to meet the needs of the region.
The Charlotte Chamber and its president and chief executive officer Bob Morgan are the 2015 recipients of the UNC Charlotte Distinguished Service Award, presented formally during a luncheon in the Student Union, May 27.
An internal audit is a systematic and independent examination of data, statements, records, operations and performances of an organization, for a stated purpose. The UNC Charlotte Internal Audit Department was established by the Board of Trustees, with oversight provided by the Audit, Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management Committee.
UNC Public TV’s “North Carolina Now” recently aired a UNC Charlotte-produced segment about the city’s light rail extension onto campus. A completion date for the extension project is 2017.
