SineWatts Inc., a clean-tech startup company based in Charlotte, in collaboration with UNC Charlotte’s Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) as its primary research partner, has been selected for a second Incubator Award from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative to develop its Inverter Molecule product.
Delane Vanada, assistant professor of art education and visual studies, will be among a delegation of art education researchers who will travel to Helsinki, Finland, in early November to conduct research about art education policy and practice in Finnish schools and communities.
The Department of Music Faculty & Friends Concert Series will present the Faculty Jazz Quintet in a performance of the music of Horace Silver at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28, in the Rowe Recital Hall.
As the business officer for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS), Eleanor Stafford has her eyes on the money. That means she is immersed in budgetary matters.
Provost Joan Lorden will host the campus conversation “Ebola: Understanding Facts and Confronting Fears” at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.
UNC Charlotte’s Botanical Gardens, a top visitors’ attraction for the Charlotte region, will be featured on the Oct. 31 edition of UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Now.” The show airs at 7:30 p.m.
Deborah Porter, a 2014 graduate of the master’s program in Teaching English as a Second Language and a former instructor in the English Language Training Institute in the Office of International Programs, has received a U.S. Department of State English Language Fellow award to Bethlehem University, West Bank, for 2014-15.
Cole Carter, office manager for the Aerospace Studies Department (Air Force ROTC Detachment 592) in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, was named “University Civilian of the Quarter” by the U.S. Air Force.
She was selected for the honor from among 33 college employees in the Southeast region; officials cited her positive impact on the University’s Air Force ROTC program.
The Discovery Channel’s “Daily Planet” recently highlighted research being conducted at the University’s N.C. Motorsports and Automotive Research Center.
Preparing high school students with disabilities to transition to college or careers requires interagency cooperation and proven strategies, which will be the focus of a new national technical assistance center to be housed at UNC Charlotte’s College of Education.
The University Career Center for Work, Service and Internships is cosponsoring a “Peace Corps Alumni Panel and Information Session” at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 29, in the College of Health and Human Services, Room 376.
