Michael Cato, interim deputy chief information officer, has accepted the position of chief information officer (CIO) at Vassar College, effective Sept. 3.
Many agree that football will be a transformational event for UNC Charlotte. Leading up to the Aug. 31 kick off of the University’s first game has required a number of changes across campus. For Nina Simmons and her team in the Student Activity Center and Venue Management Department (formerly the SAC and Recreational Facilities Department), it is an opportunity to extend their expertise.
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences’ Center for the Study of the New South is sponsoring a series of programs that focus on "Sports in the New South: Culture, Color and Cash."
Preserving history is important to Meredith Evans. Future generations will learn about the University and the greater Charlotte region through her efforts.
As associate University librarian for Special Collections in the Atkins Library, Evans is responsible for three units – the Digital Scholarship Lab, Digital Programs and Special Collections, which includes University Archives.
The late Julius Chambers, a Charlotte attorney and civil rights pioneer, argued a number of landmark cases related to de-segregation and voting rights before the U.S. Supreme Court, including Swann v. the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education in 1971.
Registration for the next 15-week offering of Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less begins on Monday, Aug. 12.
A weight-management program developed by health experts, Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less is open to State Health Plan members who can participate for $30 with a $25 refund for those who attend 10 of the 15 sessions.
Scott Gordon, chair of the Department of Kinesiology, will be a guest on WFAE’s “Charlotte Talks” at 9 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 6, to discuss obesity. The program is rebroadcast that evening at 9 p.m.
UNC Charlotte will test its Alertus emergency alert software between 10 and 10:30 a.m., Friday, Aug. 9. The Alertus software is connected to the PIER Emergency Alert System.
The TweetChina project is designed to explore how China is discussed and represented on Twitter. China-related tweets were selected from several dozen billions of tweets archived by UNC Charlotte’s Charlotte Visualization Center and visually represented in map, picture, text and event modes.
James Tabor, chair of religious studies, and two Levine Scholars (Caroline Brewer and Kevin Caldwell) will be guests on the Aug. 1 edition of WFAE’s “Charlotte Talks.” The program, which airs live at 9 a.m., will focus on the recent archaeological dig in Jerusalem led by Tabor. A rebroadcast of the show will air at 9 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 1.
