General News

College of Arts + Architecture Assistant Professor Ming-Chun Lee and students from the Master of Urban Design program will present their work at the next Civic by Design Forum on Tuesday, July 14, at the Levine Museum of the New South. The event is free and open to the public.

Rick Hudson, senior project manager for the Data Science Initiative, will be the guest on the July 9 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. He will discuss the Data Science Initiative and SOPHI, a large data repository that is being developed.

Watch “The Live Wire” via computer or mobile devices starting at 2 p.m.

Counselors, therapists and scholars from across North Carolina recently traveled to UNC Charlotte for a conference on play therapy featuring the leading expert in the field.

The College of Education’s Multicultural Play Therapy Center hosted the five-day workshop. It featured discussions on the underlying theory of play therapy and provided practical tips for employing the technique, which allows young children to explore and deal with issues by expressing themselves through play in a controlled environment.

Construction crews recently placed the final girders of the CATS Blue Line Extension bridge that approaches the UNC Charlotte Main station.

The bridge originates near North Tryon Street and spans the Toby Creek and the Toby Creek Greenway as it nears the final station planned for campus. CATS officials note this is the longest of the 11 bridges being constructed for the Blue Line Extension.

Julie Earls, a staff auditor with the Internal Audit Department, recently obtained the certified internal auditor (CIA) designation from the Institute for Internal Auditors after passing the final test of the three-part certification process. 

Earls, who already holds the certified public accountant designation, has been with the UNC Charlotte Internal Audit Department for two years, following three years with the Office of the State Auditor.  

From Mexico to Harlem, from white liberal anti-racism to campaign fundraising, UNC Charlotte researchers will lead four intellectual journeys as part of the 2015-16 Personally Speaking Series.

Faculty authors Jürgen Buchenau, Shannon Sullivan, Jeffrey Leak and Eric Heberlig will discuss their books and how they came to write them during the sixth annual Personally Speaking Series presented by the University’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences in conjunction with the J. Murrey Atkins Library.

A popular method of using marijuana may put young users at greater risk for burns than the more customary way of using marijuana, a UNC Charlotte professor suggests.

John Stogner, a criminal justice and criminology professor in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, assessed the dangers of a practice called “dabbing” in research recently published in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Stogner and co-author Bryan Miller of Georgia Southern University warn of the implications of this growing trend.

A new study showing the negative effects of prolonged high heel use confirms expert consensus on the footwear, according to a UNC Charlotte expert.

The study, published this month in the International Journal of Clinical Practice (IJCP), found that wearing high heels can strengthen the ankle initially, but leads to weakening and instability over time.

David Goldfield, Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History, and Julia Robinson, associate professor of religious studies, will be guests on the July 2 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. They will talk about the mid-June massacre of nine people at historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston and offer their insights from historical, religious studies, socio-political and other perspectives.

Watch “The Live Wire” via computer or mobile devices starting at 2 p.m.

The Sustainability Office and the Recycling Department are teaming up to add more recycling bins across campus.

Through a grant from the Charlotte Green Initiative, the two campus units plan to add more than 300 “slim” bins, with the primary focus to adding the stations near building entrances.

“Through questionnaires, we’ve found that one of the most important components to recycling is convenience,” said Devin Hatley, sustainability coordinator.  “By pairing up bins with trash receptacles, it allows people to make the easy decision to use the correct bin.”