General News
Niner Nation Remembrance Commission final recommendations
Recommendations regarding a memorial, remembering April 30, and the future use of the Kennedy Building.
Witherspoon Lecture to address ‘The Very Idea of Queer Religion’
Harvard Divinity School’s Mark Jordan will present “The Very Idea of Queer Religion” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 18, at UNC Charlotte Center City.
Three Charlotte universities unite to support racial healing and transformation
Three Charlotte universities are banding together to support racial healing and transformation. As the Charlotte Racial Justice Consortium, UNC Charlotte, Johnson C. Smith University and Queens University of Charlotte will collaborate to listen to Charlotte’s many racial truths; encourage a community that understands its history of race and racism; and develop student, university and community leaders who work across the region toward truth, racial healing and equity.
Hidden Gems: Three unique UREC features you don’t want to miss
Potentially lost in the five story, 148,000-square-foot building, are a few subtle features created to give the facility a personal and distinctively Niner touch.
Storrs Gallery featuring works by Cuban artist inspired by literature
Ceramic works by Cuban-American artist Carlos Estévez are on view in Storrs Gallery through Friday, March 27. The exhibition, “Palimpsest,” is a culmination of three ceramic series that Estévez produced between 2016 and 2018.
UNC Charlotte hosting U.S. State Department-sponsored workshop
Short-term, faculty-led education abroad programs are the fastest-growing and most popular type of program among U.S. study abroad participants.
Levine Lecture to explore ‘Slavery and Class in the American South’
Details about the complexities of the lives of the enslaved often are unknown or overlooked, but William Andrews will present a revealing glimpse into these stories on Thursday, Feb. 20. He will deliver the 2020 Levine Lecture “The Fighter and the Victim: Two Enslaved Women in the Life of Frederick Douglass.”
Brown to discuss ‘Artificial Intelligence and Data’ for Great Decisions
Cheryl Brown, chair and associate professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, will speak as part of the Great Decisions lecture series at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 5, at UNC Charlotte Center City.
Building America’s New Energy Center
The Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) is one of the signature initiatives of Chancellor Philip L. Dubois’ tenure at UNC Charlotte.
Dance Department wins NEA ‘Art Works’ grant
Kaustavi Sarkar, assistant professor of dance, is the principal investigator on a 2020-21 Art Works grant awarded to the Department of Dance.The $10,000 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) “Art Works” grant will support the project “Indian Dance and American Communities: Expanding Forms and Audiences.”