In the Media
John Connaugton breaks down Trump tariff plans
Source: Queen City News Watch the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfn1pVOamyM.
Richard Buttimer discussed the Childress Klein Center for Real Estate and Charlotte’s real estate programs
Source: WSGE Listen, starting around the 13-minute mark, at https://soundcloud.com/wsgeradio/consider-this-november-24-2024-hope-street-free-clinic-thanksgiving-safety-nc-real-estate?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing.
Anand Kangala ’23 DBA named new chief information officer at Trex Company
Source: Business Wire Read the story at https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241118130372/en/Trex-Company-Welcomes-New-Chief-Information-Officer-to-Leadership-Team.
Jason Saine ’95 joins Florida-based The Southern Group
Source: North State Journal Read the article at https://nsjonline.com/article/2024/11/former-nc-house-rep-jason-saine-joins-the-southern-group/.
Glenn Moglen interviewed for ‘Many of North Carolina’s aging dams don’t meet current requirements’
Source: WSOC “One danger when water, when your dam overtops, is it can actually contribute to an actual failure, depending on the materials of the dam,” said Moglen, a professor of engineering. Read the story at https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/many-north-carolinas-aging-dams-dont-meet-current-requirements/65SK2IQGC5B63NAVEBK6WOZAOI/.
Talia Gregory ’06 joins the city of University Park, Texas, as HR director
Source: City of University Park Read the story at https://www.uptexas.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=115.
UNC Charlotte launches largest fundraising campaign in school history
Source: WCNC Read the story at https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/education/unc-charlotte-fundraising-campaign-500-million/275-c2898aff-6881-4735-977a-52b4f895bc71.
Fresh renderings: Charlotte 49ers football prepares for $70M stadium expansion
Source: Axios Charlotte Read the story at https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2024/11/14/charlotte-49ers-football-stadium-expansion.
Matthew Metzgar commented for ‘What would proposed tariffs from Donald Trump mean for Charlotte’s economy?’
Source: Queen City News Matthew Metzgar, a clinical professor of economics at UNC Charlotte, said those tariffs could serve U.S. interests but also hurt the American consumer. “A tariff is essentially a tax on an imported good and so if you buy a good from Germany and it’s shipped here, if there’s a tariff on […]
Cori Faklaris interviewed for ‘Authorities work to find the source of racist texts sent to Black people nationwide after the election’
Source: CNN The senders likely collected personal data by buying it online and then inputted that and other data into machine-learning algorithms to attain demographic information, Cori Faklaris, an assistant professor of software and information services at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, told the Associated Press. “All of this means it might be easier […]