The dissolution of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s was the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II. Newly independent Bosnia-Herzegovina witnessed the most bloodshed; it was the site of concentration camps and rape centers, ethnic cleansing and sustained sieges of major cities. Hundreds of thousands died and millions fled their homes to forge new lives elsewhere in Bosnia or abroad.
The College of Health and Human Services will host acclaimed thought-leader Marion Nestle for an engaging conversation on the politics of food and food choice, at 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 18, at UNC Charlotte Center City.
Faculty and staff members can register for the sixth annual Niner Nation Chili Cook-off, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, April 3, in the Cone University Center, After Hours Lounge. This year’s event is being billed as a “Faculty vs. Staff Chili Throw Down.”
Kimberly Buch from the Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is among the 17 recipients of the UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence.
Award winners, nominated by each UNC system campus, were selected by the Board of Governors (BOG) Committee on Personnel and Tenure, chaired by John Fennebresque of Charlotte.
University students are succeeding in the classroom and on the fields and courts. Members of the Jiu-Jitsu, Equestrian and Roller Hockey sport clubs are heading to regional and national tournaments after successful regular seasons.
Robert Orsi from Northwestern University will present “Secrets of the Confessional: Children, the Sacrament of Penance and the Making of 20th-century U.S. Catholicism” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 25, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall. This talk is for the 30th annual Loy H. Witherspoon Lecture in Religious Studies.
The Department of Dance will present its spring concert Thursday, March 20, through Sunday, March 23, in the Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts, Belk Theater. Performances are at 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday.
The North Carolina economy can expect continued growth in 2014, said UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton today in his quarterly forecast for the state .
Faculty and staff members are invited to join colleagues for socializing and networking at a Faculty and Staff Social, which will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Monday, March 17, in the PORTAL Building, Second Floor Atrium.
