General News

UNC Charlotte will operate in Condition 1 (C1, reduced operations) with classes canceled effective immediately and until 11:59 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11.

Faculty and staff members can join colleagues for socializing and networking at a Faculty and Staff Social, which will be from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 6, at Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts.

Today’s political climate is energized, at times in a polarizing way. At 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 12, at UNC Charlotte Center City, a community conversation will consider how to channel this energy into meaningful political participation at the local level.

Alessandro Delfanti from the University of Toronto will present “The History and Politics of Distributed Biotechnology” at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 30, in the Cone University Center, Room 113.

Delfanti, assistant professor of culture and new media, teaches at the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology; he is the author of “Biohackers: The Politics of Open Science.”

The Chancellor’s “Fast Five” update provides the campus community a behind-the-scenes glimpse into some of the projects and priorities that occupy the chancellor’s time and attention.

“Creating and Developing More Diverse Engineering Leaders” is scheduled for 3 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 24, in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center.

The Lee College of Engineering is hosting this free educational and networking event, which is open to all UNC Charlotte students, faculty, staff, alumni and the community. Registration is required at Eventbrite.

Mirsad Hadžikadić may not have won the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but he was still pleased with his campaign’s results.

Adam Justice is the new director of galleries for the College of Arts + Architecture. In this Inside UNC Charlotte webcast, learn about how he arrived at UNC Charlotte from the Mint Museum of Art and about his early interests in art and what he has planned this fall for the University’s galleries. Click ‘read more’ to watch.

The North Carolina Association for Colleges and Teacher Educators (NCACTE) has named recent UNC Charlotte dance alumna Makayla Church the 2018 Student Teacher of the Year. Church received the award at the 36th annual North Carolina Teacher Education Forum, “Celebrating Our Professional Identity: Shared Knowledge and Advocacy” held in Raleigh.

Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, is a small town at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains; from there, it is about 4,200 miles to Landstuhl, Germany, home to the United States’ largest international military hospital.