General News

Registration is open through Wednesday, April 1, for UNC Charlotte’s Undergraduate Research Conference (URC). The conference, now in its fourth year, is a campus-wide showcase of undergraduate research projects. Sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs, Atkins Library, Charlotte Research Institute and the Levine Scholars Program, the 2015 conference will take place Friday, April 24, in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center.

A team of six UNC Charlotte students, led by faculty members Mona Azarbayjani from the School of Architecture and Michael Walter from the Department of Chemistry, will compete in the “People, Prosperity and Planet (P3) Student Design Competition for Sustainability” held by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Alexandria, Va., April 11-12.

The Career Center’s April 10 Spring Career Expo is expected to be at capacity with 210 organizations offering thousands of full-time jobs, internships and co-ops in a range of industries. 

“Patchwork Epiphany: Art Gallery and Silent Auction” will be from 6 to 9 p.m., Thursday, April 2, at UNC Charlotte Center City. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Levine’s Children Hospital.

Levine Scholar Noelle Cornelio is organizing the event, which is an outgrowth of a community engagement project that she began last year. She and other student volunteers started teaching art to Levine Children’s Hospital patients and their families. Last year, there was a gallery display featuring the works.

Is it possible to define religion and enact laws regarding religious freedoms where there is no state-established religion? That question is the focus of UNC Charlotte’s 31st annual Loy Witherspoon Lecture in Religious Studies at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 2, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.

Guest lecturer Winnifred Fallers Sullivan will present the free, public presentation “The Impossibility of Religious Freedom.”

On Tuesday, March 31, the Charlotte Venture Challenge (CVC) will showcase 30 finalists selected from more than 110 startups to vie for cash awards and the opportunity to be introduced to investors, corporate executives and the business community.

This year’s CVC is being held in partnership with the Southeast Venture Conference (SVC), which is expected to draw 600-plus investors and Fortune 500 innovation executives. Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, and Scott Kupor, managing partner of Andreessen Horowitz, are scheduled to speak at the SVC.

Campus growth, light rail and academic resources were a few of the topics addressed by Chancellor Philip Dubois and campus administrators during a recent discussion with the student body in the Student Union Rotunda. 

Reading and elementary education professor Tracy Rock is a recipient of the 2015 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award.

This annual honor recognizes one professor at each of North Carolina’s public institutions. The 17 recipients were nominated by individual campus committees and selected by the Board of Governors’ Committee on Personnel and Tenure. Each award winner will receive a commemorative bronze medallion and a $12,500 cash prize; the honor will be presented formally during the spring graduation ceremony on each campus. 

The PORTAL Building won the Design People’s Choice Award in the 2015 AIA Charlotte competition. A section of the American Institute of Architects, AIA Charlotte announced its design winners recently during a gala at the Foundation for the Carolinas.

The People’s Choice Awards involved an online vote open to AIA Charlotte members, allied members and the public.

In this brief video, Steve Serio talks about his role as president of the student body.