Hua Xu, the Robert Graham Associate Professor at the School of Biomedical Informatics in the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, will present “Natural Language Processing: Methods and Applications in the Medical Domain” at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25, in Fretwell Building, Room 126.
The Department of Languages and Culture Studies will host the interdisciplinary symposium “Translations Versus Globalization” on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20-21, at UNC Charlotte Center City.
The Office of Academic Services, in collaboration with the Advising Redesign Team, will hold a half-day seminar for career and undergraduate academic advisors from 9 a.m. to noon, Friday, Feb. 20, in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center, Salons A and B.
Work continues on the four-acre First Ward Park, a joint public-private venture. With its location between ImaginOn and UNC Charlotte Center City, the park will provide the University with arts and cultural programming opportunities.
Chancellor Philip Dubois along with Siemens Energy and Hexagon Metrology executives discuss the dedication of the Siemens Large Manufacturing Solutions Lab and its implications for advanced manufacturing.
The University is planning a number of infrastructure projects that will provide long-term benefits for vehicular and pedestrian flow. Several construction initiatives will begin in the coming weeks and months and will add or enhance roadways, sidewalks, bike lanes and ADA access.
Recently, the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) updated its internal control standards, which form the backbone of internal control frameworks in organizations worldwide.
Guest artists Khalid Hill and Ricardo Foster Jr. will take the stage along with student and alumni actors for “The Purple Flower & Other Plays,” an innovative production of African-American short plays. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 18-21, and 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 22, in Robinson Hall’s Belk Theater.
UNC Charlotte has received a $2.1 million grant from the UNC General Administration to support research in data science and business analytics (Big Data).
A documentary screening and panel discussion of “Living Thinkers: An Autobiography of Black Women in the Ivory Tower” will be at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12, in the College of Health and Human Services, Room 128.
Kristen Reynolds, a master’s student in English literature and a Graduate Life Fellow of the Center for Graduate Life, will host the event.
James Vesce, chair of the Department of Theatre, and theatre student Dylaney Edinger are the guests on the Feb. 12 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast.
With the support of local industry that will benefit from its research capabilities, UNC Charlotte dedicated its new Siemens Energy Large Manufacturing Solutions Laboratory Feb. 9.
