Chris Blanchette is the associate dean for research and public engagement in the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS). He will maintain his status as a research associate professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences.
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson (’96) visited his alma mater, UNC Charlotte, recently as part of his August recess from Congress. He wanted to learn more about the University’s role in advanced manufacturing.
Niner Nation fans will be able to watch the Charlotte 49ers first official football season live at the Student Union. All home games will be aired in Norm's and the Union's movie theater this fall; WCCB Charlotte will broadcast the games. The station has a three-year deal with media rights holder IMG College to air available home football games.
Psychology professor Kimberly Buch is one of five finalists for the 2013 Bank of America (BofA) Award for Teaching Excellence – UNC Charlotte’s top teaching honor. This year’s recipient will be announced at a reception scheduled for Friday, Sept. 20. Inside UNC Charlotte will feature each finalist in alphabetical order prior to the reception.
The Student Union Gallery will host the exhibit “Monuments” through Wednesday, Sept. 18. The display features work by Lydia Goldbeck, a UNC Charlotte alumna.
According to Goldbeck, she hopes to captivate viewers with a sense of intimacy through her confrontational pieces created through raw and unpolished surfaces.
UNC Charlotte’s first official football season about to start, and while not everyone can play, students can get more involved in sports by registering for intramural flag football, soccer and many others.
Who knows the diversity and needs of graduate students better than grad students themselves? Recognizing this, Assistant Dean of the Graduate School and Director of the Center for Graduate Life, Dr. Hall-Hertel, developed the Graduate Life Fellow (GLF) program and has been with it since its initiation in 2008.
Tarek Elshayeb is director of the International Student/Scholar Office in the Office of International Programs; he officially joined the University earlier this month.
It is history in the making as UNC Charlotte takes the field Saturday, Aug. 31, for the 49ers first football game.
The inaugural season marks a new chapter for UNC Charlotte, according to University officials, and there are a number of ways for the campus community to be involved.
It is history in the making as UNC Charlotte takes the field Saturday, Aug. 31, for the 49ers first football game. While the home opener is a sellout, faculty, staff and students can experience the campus excitement with viewings in the Student Union Movie Theatre and Norm's. The game will be carried live on WCCB, too.
Kyle Kreth, a doctoral student in computing and information systems in the College of Computing and Informatics, will defend “Studies on Correlated Mutations Algorithms of Proteins Providing Structural, Spatial and Allostery Information from Multiple Sequence Alignments” at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 10, in the Bioinformatics Building, Room 105. Anthony Fodor is the dissertation advisor.
