In the Media

Source: WCNC Watch the interview at https://www.wcnc.com/video/news/nation-world/professor-breaks-down-what-happened-in-venezuela/275-31e7cc70-4dab-40b0-ac9a-cd2fc4aa0c82.

Source: The Independent Singapore Othelia E. Lee, a professor of social work at UNC Charlotte, has spent years studying isolation among older adults in South Korea. The country is now a “super-aged” society, with more than 10 million people aged 65 or older—roughly one in five citizens. “The change happened so fast,” Lee explains, “that […]

Source: Tech Policy Press Read the article:https://www.techpolicy.press/ask-the-experts-teaching-disability-rights-and-technology-in-2025/

Source: Queen City News According to Eric Heberlig, a political science professor at UNC Charlotte, protest candidates have historically been relatively rare. While recent political changes may make them more common, protest candidates still face an uphill battle in today’s primaries. “Running as a candidate who used to be registered for the other party is […]

Source: Charlotte Post Tchernavia Montgomery is reinterpreting community health. As CEO of Care Ring, Montgomery, The Post’s Newsmaker of the Year, that means shepherding a $3 million campaign to move the nonprofit health center into a new state-of-the-art facility. It entails expanding programs for babies and new moms. And opening a pantry to help clients […]

Source: Progressive Voices Read the piece at https://ncnewsline.com/2025/12/11/publicly-posting-course-syllabi-will-harm-north-carolinas-universities/.

Source: Mother Jones Damien P. Williams, a UNC Charlotte assistant professor who researches how technologies are impacted by values, concurs that this fellowship is very harmful. He said, “A ‘neurodivergent fellowship’ at a corporation like Palantir isn’t meaningful inclusion or representation so much as it’s an exercise in having an often punitively surveilled population be […]

Source: Charlotte Post Read the story at https://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2025/12/05/arts-and-entertainment/charlottean-tamara-williams-earns-dance-fellowship/.

Source: Storied Charlotte West writes: Mark de Castrique is well known in Charlotte as one of the Queen City’s leading mystery writers.  He has published 24 mysteries, the most recent “Desperate Spies,” was released Nov. 4 by Severen House. Read more at https://pages.charlotte.edu/mark-west/blog/category/storied-charlotte/.

Source: Daily Art Magazine Read the piece at https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/tar-beach-faith-ringgolds-journey-from-story-quilts-to-picture-books/.