Research

The UNC Charlotte Urban Education Collaborative has launched an online graduate student peer-reviewed journal entitled Urban Education Research and Policy Annuals.
This journal will highlight the research of graduate students from across the United States in the field of urban education. Doctoral candidates from the College of Education will manage the journal with oversight from Chance Lewis, Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Urban Education and director of the Urban Education Collaborative.

The pharmaceutical industry’s efforts to self-regulate its direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising are “an industry-sponsored ruse,” intended to deflect criticism and collectively block new Federal regulation, according to a study in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.

Pamela Shue, assistant professor in the Child and Family Development program in the College of Education, was awarded a UNC-China Technology Learning Grant by UNC General Administration. It will fund the development of a global understanding course focused on early childhood education in collaboration with partners at Beijing Normal University (BNU) in Beijing, China.  

Gregory Starrett, a faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Anthropology Department, will talk about Egypt for the final installment of the 2013 Great Decisions Lecture Series. His presentation will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 19, at UNC Charlotte Center City.

The Charlotte Venture Challenge business innovation competition is accepting applications from early-stage entrepreneurial companies; the deadline is 8 p.m., Friday, March 1.
The Charlotte Venture Challenge (CVC) has become the premiere start-up competition in the Southeast attracting more than 117 entries in 2012. Organized by UNC Charlotte’s Charlotte Research Institute and Ventureprise, the competition has a history of showcasing the region’s most successful early-stage companies. Teams will compete for $75,000-plus in prize money, including a $25,000 grand prize.

Carolina HealthCare System’s Levine Cancer Institute and UNC Charlotte will enter into a joint project to advance translational and clinical research in the field of pancreatic cancer, one of the most deadly forms of cancer.
The collaborative effort, called the Charlotte Pancreatic Cancer Project (CPCP), aims to foster more working relationships between physicians and scientists at both institutions by offering funding for innovative research ideas, submitted to and reviewed by a committee of their peers.

The National Instruments LabVIEW Campus Tour will come to campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5, in front of the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center.
National Instruments is a company that has equipped engineers and scientists with “tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery,” according to its corporate website.
The LabVIEW tour bus travels to universities and colleges across the United States and Canada to showcase the latest NI hardware and software solutions for measurement, control, embedded, and communications applications.

Joyce Dalsheim will discuss her groundbreaking study of Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip and the resulting book about her enthographic work at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 12, at UNC Charlotte Center City, as part of the 2012-13 Personally Speaking lecture series.

Incorporating Lean Six Sigma management methodology is relatively unknown in the legal world, but technology-driven Hunoval Law Firm in Charlotte is raising the bar.
Partnering with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems, Hunoval Law is offering Lean Six Sigma training to its employees and has already incorporated its strategy into key business processes.

Researchers in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences pursued answers to big questions in 2012 in an effort to expand the boundaries of what humans already know.
Faculty in the college obtained more than one-quarter of the University’s total external funding dollars, according to CLAS officials. Click here to see a list of funded projects; an asterisk (*) means the CLAS faculty member is a co-principal investigator with the principal investigator from another college/university.