Faculty and staff members are encouraged to wear green and head to Halton Arena at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 8, as the Charlotte 49ers women’s basketball team takes on Stetson University on UNC Charlotte Faculty/Staff Night. All University faculty and staff members can receive free tickets to the contest.
Lee Sherry, associate professor and chair of the Department of Special Education and Child Development in the College of Education, received the 2012 Distinguished Service Award from the national Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
Charlotte Observer reporters Karen Garloch and Ames Alexander will lead the interactive discussion “Investigating North Carolina’s ‘Not-for-Profit’ Hospitals” from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 6, in the College of Health and Human Services, Room 161.
Russell Kirby, Marrell Endowed Chair in Down Syndrome Research in the College of Public Health at the University of South Florida, will present “Spatial Perspectives on Public Health” from 12:30 to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 5, in the College of Health and Human Services, Room 145.
Jing Xiao, professor of computer science in the College of Computing and Informatics, has been named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow effective Jan. 1.
The Institute of International Education (IIE) has selected UNC Charlotte as one of five American colleges and universities to participate in the International Academic Partnership Program's (IAPP) India initiative.
Seniors from the Lee College of Engineering will present their year-long senior projects at the college’s Senior Design Exposition scheduled for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7, in the food court of Halton Arena in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center.
Yujie Lin, a doctoral student in computing and information systems in the College of Computing and Informatics, will defend “Exploratory Visualization of Graphs Based on Community Structure” at 3:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7, in Woodward Hall, Room 338. Jing Yang is the dissertation advisor.
UNC Charlotte will host the Charlotte Observer’s inaugural “Solving It Together” forum from 7 to 9 p.m., Friday, Nov. 30. PNC Bank also is an event co-sponsor.
The public is invited to join in this special discussion to be held at UNC Charlotte Center City. A brief reception will follow.
The College of Health and Human Services School of Nursing will host the second annual Distinguished Nursing Lectureship Conference: “Health Care Reform: The Future of Nursing -- Leading Change, Advancing Health” from 4 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 7, at UNC Charlotte Center City.
