General News

Devin Collins, assistant director business and entrepreneurial development, Charlotte Research Institute, was named by the Charlotte Business Journal to its 22nd consecutive list of the region’s “Forty Under 40.”

According to the publication, the 40 individuals named are “making major strides in their careers and having a positive impact on their communities.”

UNC Charlotte members of the BRIDGES Academic Leadership for Women program will conduct an information session from 3 to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Kennedy Building, Room 221.

The BRIDGES Program, housed at the Friday Center at Chapel Hill, won the 2013 State Network Leadership Award from the American Council on Education.

During the Feb. 24 session, attendees will learn about BRIDGES from past participants. This reception also will provide an opportunity to meet and network with other University women, many of whom are BRIDGES graduates.

Joshua Hertel, director of student services for the Data Science and Business Analytics program; and Paul Prae, a student in the Professional Science Master’s in Data Science and Business Analytics program; and Kurtis Thompkins, director of executive education in the Belk College of Business; will be guests on the Feb. 5 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. 

The Charlotte Research Scholars (CRS) program is accepting applications for summer 2015. A summer research program for high-achieving students, the CRS provides research experience and professional development for students in their field of interest.

The 2015 Charlotte Venture Challenge business innovation competition, is accepting applications from early-stage entrepreneurial companies through noon, Tuesday, March 3.

The competition is open to early-stage companies that will compete in one of four categories 1) new energy and high tech; 2) IT and informatics; 3) health IT and biotech sciences; and 4) general, which includes consumer products. Student teams will compete in either graduate student ventures or undergraduate student ventures.

The Charlotte 49ers have announced their 12-game 2015 football schedule. It will mark the 49ers first season as an FBS program competing in Conference USA.

Wake Forest University professor and MSNBC television host Melissa Harris-Perry will discuss “Mommy, Mammy and the Maid: Race, Class and Women’s Political Power” for UNC Charlotte’s ninth annual Women’s and Gender Studies Speaker Series at 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 1, in the Student Union, Room 340.

The UNC Charlotte Army ROTC program will host a free performance of the U.S. Army Drill Team at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10, in Halton Arena.

The U.S. Army Drill Team is a precision drill platoon with a primary mission of showcasing the U.S. Army both nationally and internationally; the team’s 19 members perform various routines using bayonet-tipped 1903 Springfield rifles.

John David Smith, the Charles Stone Distinguished Professor of History, will be a guest on the Feb. 3 edition of WFAE’s “Charlotte Talks.” He will discuss his book “Lincoln and the U.S. Colored Troops.”

Tune into 90.7 FM or stream the show from www.wfae.org starting at 9 a.m.

Each year, UNC Charlotte’s Graduate School supports the Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) to plan the Graduate Research Symposium (GRS), a student-run conference that showcases the latest student research taking place on campus.