The NCAA has announced that Charlotte and host Charlotte 49ers will be the site for the second and third rounds of the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. The games are slated for Friday and Sunday, March 20-22, 2015, at Time Warner Cable Arena.
The Charlotte 49res will hold a Fall Football Finale on Saturday, Nov. 17, as the football team conducts its final practice of its first fall workout season.
During the summer, the IDEAS Center’s Environmental Assistance Office (EAO) organized efforts for UNC Charlotte’s employees to participate in the statewide “Race to the Beach,” sponsored by N.C. Air Awareness, a public outreach and education program of the North Carolina Division of Air Quality.
Turner Construction Company will receive an Eagle Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors, Carolinas chapter, for its work on the Energy Production Infrastructure Center (EPIC).
The Eagle Award, being presented Thursday, Nov. 15, is in the category of school construction of more than $50 million.
Chancellor Philip L. Dubois delivered the keynote address at the Cabarrus Chamber State of the Region meeting held in Concord Tuesday.
In this presentation, Dubois talked about how Cabarrus County’s and UNC Charlotte’s future are linked and that both have bright outlooks.
New Jersey native Tom Quinn lived in the northern part of the Garden State, and he has many friends who were affected by Hurricane Sandy.
Watching news broadcasts and viewing pictures from the area was very difficult, said Quinn, a support services associate with receiving and stores.
Atkins Library, the third building to be constructed on the UNC Charlotte campus, is named for J. Murrey Atkins, the son of a prominent Gastonia family, successful Charlotte businessman and one of the University’s founding members.
UNC Charlotte will honor the late Lt. Col. Paul Mikeal as part of the University’s Fallen Hero Memorial Ceremony at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14, in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center Food Court. Following the ceremony, at approximately 3:15 p.m., there will be a 21-gun salute on the east plaza next to the Cone University Center.
David Askay, a Ph.D. student in organizational science, has received one of the most prestigious national research awards presented to students doing communication studies research.
The American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout is Thursday, Nov. 15. Employees can double their chances of quitting tobacco by using at least one of the resources listed below.
Art has the power to bridge the culture gap. Nowhere is that more important than in Charlotte classrooms, where two-thirds of Charlotte-Mecklenburg School’s students are minorities representing 160 countries around the globe.
