American Education Week is Monday, Nov. 18, through Friday, Nov. 22. In observance of this period, the College of Education’s Office of Teacher, Education, Advising, Licensure and Recruitment will sponsor an Education Walk of Fame from 10:15 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Nov. 20, in front of the Student Activity Center.
Christopher Blanchette, associate dean for research in the College of Health and Human Services, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the journal Drugs in Context. This is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that focuses on the practice of medicine.
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., Tuesday, Nov. 19, in the lobby of the Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts.
Sponsored by Chancellor Philip L. Dubois, the social will feature light hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer and soft drinks.
For 30 years, the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute has surveyed Mecklenburg County residents. The results of this annual survey have become an important resource for local governments and nonprofit agencies to discern community attitudes about issues that may impact their work.
In recognition of his efforts to promote diversity, chemistry professor Daniel Rabinovich will be recognized this week by the American Chemistry Society’s Committee on Minority Affairs.
John Allemeier, associate professor of composition in the Department of Music, and associate professor of English Aimee Parkison are among 15 artists across the state who received a 2013-14 North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award in the categories of songwriting, composing and writing.
Ning Zhou, a doctoral student in computing and information systems in the College of Computing and Informatics, will defend “Hierarchical Learning of Discriminative Features and Classifiers for Large-scale Visual Recognition” at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 26, in the College of Health and Human Services, Room 145. Jianping Fan is the dissertation advisor.
Faculty and staff members can receive up to four free tickets for the Nov. 15 men’s basketball contest against Elon University.
Ticket pickup is under way; interested employees can get their free tickets at the 49ers Athletic Ticket Office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays through Thursday or before noon on Friday. A valid University faculty/staff ID is required.
Jillian Tullis, a faculty member in the Department of Communication Studies, is one of the organizers of a “Death Café” that will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the Respite: A Centre for Grief and Hope.
The UNC Charlotte Department of Dance will present its Fall Student Dance Concert, Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 21-24, in the Belk Theater of the Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m., except for Sunday, which is a 2 p.m. matinee.
