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The free community conversation featuring a medical professional and Serving in Mission (SIM) missionaries originally planned for February has been rescheduled for 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 7, at UNC Charlotte Center City.

“Fighting Ebola in West Africa: The Charlotte Connection” will feature Debbie Eisenhut, a SIM surgeon with the ELWA Hospital in Liberia; Nancy Writebol, a SIM missionary and Ebola survivor; and her husband David Writebol, also a SIM missionary.

Crista Cammaroto, director of galleries in the College of Arts + Architecture, and Mary Newsom, associate director, urban and regional affairs in the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, will be guests on the March 19 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast.

A new book from UNC Charlotte educators and researchers examines the desegregation and resegregation of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools during the past 40 years, putting education reform in a political and economic context.

“Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: School Desegregation and Resegregation in Charlotte,” is edited by Roslyn Mickelson, a UNC Charlotte professor; Stephen Samuel Smith, a Winthrop University professor; and Amy Hawn Nelson, director of research for the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute and director of the Institute for Social Capital Inc.

Charles Brody, associate dean for academic affairs in the UNC Charlotte College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, will be vice president of academic affairs at Misericordia University in Dallas, Penn., effective July 1.

Urban sprawl, a lack of green spaces and roads unsafe for pedestrians are among the common aspects of the “built environment” harmful to public health, according to national expert Richard Jackson.

Anne Cooper Moore has been named dean of the J. Murrey Atkins Library, beginning June 8. Moore will join UNC Charlotte from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) where she has served as dean of library affairs since 2012. She has 27 years of experience as a leader in academic libraries.

Patrick Moyer, former professor of physics and optical science and director of athletics at the Cannon School, will discuss “The Science of Sports” at 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 25, at UNC Charlotte Center City. The talk is part of the Science Café, presented by the Charlotte Area Science Network.

During the presentation, Moyer will discuss and demonstrate the implication of physics on concussions, technology, rule changes, and marketing and coaching strategies in various sports.

UNC Charlotte Executive Education will present “Designing the Future: Driving Innovation and Change” Thursday and Friday, March 26-27; it is one of several spring programs now available for registration.

Designed for executives and senior managers, the program focuses on preparing companies to constantly create new wealth, with constant innovation and continuous change and with a resulting blueprint for action for participants to use in their companies and organizations.

UNC Charlotte alumni Benjamin Collins, Laura Clark, Ryan Doherty and Julie Harris were honored recently by the Charlotte Business Journal as members of its “Forty Under 40.” The listing recognizes “young professionals who are making major strides in their careers and having a positive impact on their communities.”