General News

In a special “Live Wire,” the University’s chief medical officer Robert Jones examines the health care implications of Ebola from a scientific perspective, especially as it relates to the University community.

The program airs at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 30 after the “Live Wire” related to facilities management. Recently, the University hosted an interdisciplinary panel discussion on the disease from a humanities/social sciences perspective.

UNC Charlotte alumnus Dylan McKnight (’13M) recently received the Marvin Collins Outstanding Planning Award at the N.C. Planning Conference Awards Luncheon.

McKnight was honored in the graduate student project category for his work on the Reid Park Vision Plan, which was completed as part of his capstone project toward master’s degrees in urban design and community planning. The project involved planning and designing an 18-acre neighborhood park and greenway. The first phase is expected to break ground in January.

Enajite Ojaruega, a faculty member in the Department of English and Literary Studies at Delta State University, Nigeria, will present “Women’s Education in Nigeria: Challenges and the Chibok Girls” at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 4, in the Storrs Building, Room 290.

Chibok is the location of a school from which 276 girls were abducted by the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram.

The Africana Studies Department and African Studies Academy are cosponsoring this public talk.

The prestigious Levine Scholars Program will continue to accommodate exceptional student-leaders from across the country through 2024 following a new gift commitment of nearly $13 million to UNC Charlotte from Leon and Sandra Levine through their foundation.

The extension of the merit scholarship program was formally announced today at a ceremony at the UNC Charlotte Student Union. Along with the Levines, Chancellor Philip L. Dubois; program administrators; current and former Levine Scholars and staff, faculty and friends of the University; participated in the event.

In December 2011, the University of North Carolina (UNC) Information Technology Security Council (ITSC) recommended the adoption of ISO 27002 as the common security framework baseline for the UNC system to the UNC Chief Information Officer (CIO) Council. The following month, the UNC CIO Council accepted the recommendation to use ISO 27002 as the official […]

Chancellor Philip L. Dubois has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), an organization of state-supported institutions that offer degree programs leading to bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees.

The chancellor’s wife, Lisa Lewis Dubois, was elected to a one-year term as chair of the Planning Committee for AASCU Spouses and Partners.

A leader in girls’ education, Molly Barker will present “Putting Your Passion to Work” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 11, in the Student Union Movie Theater.

Barker founded Girls on the Run in 1996 in Charlotte. A four-time Hawaii Ironman triathlete, she used her background in social work, counseling and teaching, along with research on adolescent issues, to develop the program. Currently, there are Girls on the Run councils in more than 210 cities across North America. They reach 200,000-plus girls and women each year.

Moniru Ravanipor will be the featured speaker at “A Century of Literature by Iranian Women” scheduled for 7:15 p.m., Friday, Nov. 21, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.

This event, part of International Education Week, will feature a short presentation on Iranian poets and writers, a poetry reading with live music, a panel discussion followed by a book signing and light refreshments.

UNC Charlotte’s marching band will not perform until fall 2015, but it has a uniform and a name: the UNC Charlotte “Pride of Niner Nation” Marching Band.