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Julia Jordan-Zachery, Ph.D., is professor and chair of the Africana Studies Department, and the author of the award-winning book “Black Women, Cultural Images and Social Policy” and “Shadow Bodies: Black Women, Ideology, Representation and Politics.” She also serves as president of the Association for Ethnic Studies.

In her introduction to local media, Chancellor Gaber outlined top priorities and the University’s return-to-campus plan.

The Charlotte 49ers and Appalachian State will meet for the third straight season after the two schools agreed to a game at Appalachian State, Sept. 12, in what is now the 49ers’ 2020 season opener.The schools decided to play the game in Boone due to the larger seating capacity at Kidd Brewer Stadium in a year in which attendance may be limited due to the pandemic.  

Adam Dignan, an adult student and Marine Corps veteran, recently received a $3,600 scholarship from the Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society, the leading honor society for adult students in the United States.Dignan, a senior biology major, transferred to UNC Charlotte from Coastal Carolina Community College. He selected UNC Charlotte to continue his studies as he related to the school’s origins, being established to serve the educational needs of veterans.

The story of Little Red Riding Hood is so old, no one really knows its origin. But a new version published this summer by the Anchorage Museum in Alaska recasts the familiar tale as a celebration of language, diversity and self-determination.“Little Red Riding Hood: A New Translation” is the latest product of a three-year research project by Associate Professor of Art Marek Ranis into unique words in many languages that have no direct English translation. It is illustrated by alumna Hannah Barnhardt ’16.

For the past four years, the UNC Charlotte Summer Reading Camp welcomed elementary students from Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), providing daily, one-on-one literacy support for rising second and third graders who struggle with reading.

Shelves in stores across the nation are lined with boxes of unsharpened pencils, colorful crayons, shimmering notebooks and countless variations of bookbag designs.  As some families trek out to safely purchase new school supplies, others know that new supplies are simply out of reach.Approximately one in five children in the United States live in poverty, according to the American Psychological Association.For those children, priorities for their family such as paying rent and bills take precedence over new uniforms to accommodate their recent growth spurt.

The UNC Charlotte Rocketry team finished second overall and first in the payload portion of the 2020 NASA Student Launch competition. This is the third consecutive year a UNC Charlotte team has been the overall runners-up in this national event.Although the program was delayed and the annual launch finale event in Huntsville, Alabama, canceled, 54 teams competed remotely in the design, building and testing portions of the competition.

As teachers across the region prepare for a different sort of school year, faculty and staff at Charlotte’s newest school are in the building at Niner University Elementary at Amay James (NUE), readying for its opening on Monday, Aug. 17.

Rob Keynton is officially on the job as dean of the William States Lee College of Engineering. Undergraduate and graduate students from several engineering disciplines and organizations recently pitched in to help set up his new office in Duke Centennial Hall.