General News

Gov. Pat McCrory visited UNC Charlotte Monday morning to convene a roundtable discussion with campus officials and business leaders regarding his Innovation to Jobs initiative. Following the forum held in the Student Union, McCrory and several others toured the Burson science building, one of the more overcrowded and outdated classroom and lab buildings on campus.

The Charlotte 49ers football team played its third annual Green-White Spring Game Saturday evening — the first game held under the lights installed at Richardson Stadium earlier this year. 

“The lights were pretty cool,” said 49ers head coach Brad Lambert about the lights, which were turned as part of a halftime ceremony.   “That was a good time to do it as well because I didn’t want guys to slow down from the half. It was pretty cool for them.  It’s about as close you can get to a game for the guys and then we were under the lights.”

Congressman Richard Hudson, UNC Charlotte alumnus (Class of 1996) and former student body president, met with members of the EPIC Advisory Board April 17 to talk about energy issues and his work on the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee. He also had the opportunity to gather members’ input and feedback on issues and challenges in the energy sector.

Richard Jackson is a leading voice in the movement to build places with an emphasis on public health. This national expert recently addressed an audience of more than 200 attendees at UNC Charlotte Center City,

The 15th annual Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) was held recently in the J. Murrey Atkins Library.  This student-run conference showcased current student research taking place at UNC Charlotte.  First-place winners received $800 each.

This year’s top paper and poster presentations were:

Physical Science Category
Paper

UNC Charlotte recently celebrated the re-opening of the Cone Plaza with music, food, prizes, giveaways and more.

A retirement survival course will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Friday, May 15, at UNC Charlotte Center City.

This one-day UNC Charlotte continuing education course will teach attendees fundamental principles to ensure their money lasts. Participants will learn how to better manage their investments, consider taxes when making decisions, increase monthly income; protect their life’s savings from investment mistakes and prepare for the biggest risks they might face in retirement.

The process to update the University City Area Plan, which includes the development of light-rail stations near and on the UNC Charlotte campus, received public support recently during a public-comment with the Charlotte City Council.

Robert Wilhelm, vice chancellor for research and economic development, stated at the meeting, that the plan update “will be critical in linking the University to nearby employment centers and business district.”

The Charlotte 49ers 2015 Green-White Spring Game will start at 6 p.m., Saturday, April 18, at Jerry Richardson Stadium. The game will wrap up the 2015 spring practice season under head coach Brad Lambert.

It also will be the first game played under stadium lights added earlier this year.  The lights will allow more flexibility in scheduling game times and make the Charlotte 49ers available for greater television exposure through Conference USA’s television package, according to officials with the Charlotte 49ers.

A picture of the chalk outline of a body glows starkly from the cover of Vivian Lord’s new publication, an image that underscores the gravity of the work’s subject matter.

“Suicide by Cop” is an anthology that takes a comprehensive view of civilian deaths caused by police officers and the aftermath of such incidents. It examines the psychological foundations and motivations of people who try to provoke the police into killing them and considers the appropriate criteria for classifying an incident as a “suicide by cop” (SbC).