General News

Charlotte 49ers red-shirt senior Tyriq Harris) has been named a semifinalist for the 2019 William V. Campbell Trophy presented by Mazda. The award, given by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame (NFF), recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.     

The Department of Theatre will present “Detroit ’67,” a play by Dominique Morisseau, Sept. 27 through Oct. 3, in the Black Box Theatre in Robinson Hall.Motown music and race riots underscore this family drama about two close-knit siblings who find themselves at odds over inherited property and interracial romance in 1967 Detroit. The play is one of a trilogy about the Motor City written by Morisseau, a Detroit native; it won the 2014 Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History.

Henry Louis Gates Jr., the Emmy award-winning filmmaker, historian and literary scholar, will deliver the 2019 Chancellor’s Speaker Series presentation, part of the annual UNC Charlotte Civic Series presented by Bank of America.

As dean of the J. Murrey Atkins Library, Anne Cooper Moore leads library services on campus. She has worked at UNC Charlotte for more than four years.

Tyler Oakley, an American content creator, LGBTQ+ activist and New York Times best-selling author, will speak at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 1, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall, as part of the Forty-Niner Forum Speakers Series.

Barnes & Noble at UNC Charlotte, located in the Popp Martin Student Union, recently celebrated renovations aimed at creating a more inviting and friendlier environment that better connects with its customers.

The Niner Nation Remembrance Commission is charged with leading a comprehensive process to determine how to best memorialize the lives of Reed Parlier and Riley Howell, the two students whose lives were tragically cut short on April 30; how to best remember the tragedy that occurred that day, a day that will forever be part of UNC Charlotte’s history; and what should be the future utilization of Kennedy Building, Room 236, the site of the shooting.

The UNC Charlotte Graduate School will hold a recruitment fair from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center Salons.Prospective students will be able to explore the University’s 150-plus graduate programs and speak informally with graduate program directors, professors, admissions counselors and financial aid/funding representatives.RSVPs requested.

Three faculty members in the College of Arts + Architecture are among the winners of the inaugural “Celebrate Charlotte Arts” grants given by the Knight Foundation. Twelve grants, totaling $200,000, are designated to “fund art that captures the spirit of Charlotte.”Assistant Professor of Theatre CarlosAlexis Cruz and his urban circus project, Nouveau Sud, will receive $25,000 for “La Bestia,” a contemporary circus take on the Central American immigrant journey to the United States.

Dear UNC Charlotte Community,Today, the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s office reached a plea agreement resulting in two life sentences for the individual responsible for the April 30 shooting on UNC Charlotte’s campus. While this news does not bring closure to the tragedy that occurred that day, it does bring a definite end to the criminal proceedings.