Fracking, an extraction technique to release natural gas or other substances from underground rock, is considered one of the state’s most-hotly debated issues.
The Charlotte Teachers Institute will hold an open house at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 28, at UNC Charlotte Center City to introduce its educator leaders who will guide CTI’s 2013 seminar season and who represent the inclusive and creative focus that distinguishes this unique professional development initiative.
April DeConick, a highly regarded scholar at Rice University, will present “The Ancient New Age: How Gnostic Spirituality Revolutionized Religion in Antiquity” at 7 p.m., Monday, March 11, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall, for the 29th annual Loy H. Witherspoon Lecture in Religious Studies.
UNC Charlotte’s International Film Series and the Tournées Festival will provide an opportunity to experience the rich world of classic and contemporary films from France, Italy, Russia, South Korea and Spain.
Erin Carroll, a doctoral student in the College of Computing and Informatics, will defend the dissertation “Quantifying the Personal Creative Experience: Evaluation of Digital Creativity Support Tools Using Self-report and Physiological Responses” at 2 p.m., Friday, March 15, in Woodward Hall, Room 154. Celine Latulipe is the dissertation advisor.
Changes and challenges to America’s health care system will require an advanced level of leadership to respond to the needs of patients, many of whom will be entering the system when they are much sicker.
Jeffrey Shears, director of the Social Work Research Consortium in the College of Health and Human Services Department of Social Work, recently participated in a national Web forum that examined the experience of black American families.
Frank Warren, the creator of community blog project “PostSecret,” has received more than half a million highly personal and artfully decorated anonymously mailed postcards since 2004. Each Sunday, he handpicks 20 to post to his website. Some are witty and charming; others delve into darker and more private places.
Larissa Brunner Huber, an associate professor of epidemiology in the Department of Public Health Sciences, is the 2013 recipient of the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award. She was presented the honor at a reception Feb. 20.
The UNC Charlotte Urban Education Collaborative has launched an online graduate student peer-reviewed journal entitled Urban Education Research and Policy Annuals.
New construction related to housing and residence life has precipitated a recent decision to re-name the campus’ housing blocs. The new titles of North Village and East Village were added to the area designated South Village for consistency and to give residents of each bloc a sense of community and ownership.
