In the Media
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 […]
Kevin Bailey selected for Keepers of the Flame Award
Source: Courier Express Kevin W. Bailey, an Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient and vice chancellor for student affairs at UNC Charlotte, was honored by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education with the Keepers of the Flame Award for his longstanding contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts during the 2024 […]
Political science professor Eric Heberlig breaks down election results
Source: WCNC Watch the video at https://www.wcnc.com/video/news/politics/elections/political-science-professor-breaks-down-election-results/275-1b8b2fc7-10fb-4fe7-b92b-f15590b8a7c1.
Eric Heberlig interviewed for ‘Black voter turnout down dramatically in NC so far. Is that a bad sign for Democrats?
Source: Charlotte Observer Eric Heberlig, professor of political science at UNC Charlotte, said Black voter turnout in North Carolina has decreased year after year since Barack Obama was elected. This could be due to “unfulfilled promises” from Democrats such as police reform and voting rights for former felons Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article294417169.html#storylink=cpy.
John Connaughton discusses new report showing inflation fell below 3% for the first time since 2021
Source: Spectrum News Watch the segment at https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/capital-tonight/2024/10/22/inflation-falls-below-three-percent.
Yongqiang Chu provided comments for ‘No place to stay. Helene deepens housing crisis in Western NC’
Source: Carolina Public Press UNC Charlotte professor of real estate economics Yongqiang Chu said, “It will take time, but as long as we don’t see a lot of people leaving Asheville, you’re going to see the price of housing increase.” Read the story at https://carolinapublicpress.org/66452/housing-shortage-nc-helene-survivors/
Tim Murtha interviewed for ‘Why space archaeologists are finding more Mayan ruins than ever before’
Source: Space.com Murtha, a professor of anthropology speaking of his own team’s independent space study of Mayan technology, said, “People and communities adapted to changing environmental conditions and rainfall, designing what appears to be a resilient mosaic of land use.” Examples included corn-growing terraces, and catchments for conveying and storing water in drought conditions. Read […]
Jonathan Dessi-Olive was quoted in ‘Growing mushroom houses on the moon? NASA’s fungus-filled plan’
Source: Aljazeera “It’s almost like science non-fiction,” said Jonathan Dessi-Olive, assistant professor at the David Ravin School of Architecture, UNC Charlotte, and director of the MycoMatters Lab. “They’re doing real biology to imagine a potential future.” He agrees that the self-propagation and radiation-shielding qualities make fungi ideal for colonizing the low-resource, high-radiation landscapes of Mars […]