In the Media
Nick Swartz ’08 Ph.D. was named dean of School of Professional and Continuing Education at James Madison University
Source: Rocktown Now To read the entire article, visit https://rocktownnow.com/news/218812-swartz-named-dean-of-jmu-school-of-professional-and-continuing-education/
Alumna Olivia Rines ’12 ’15 M.A. named associate vice president of academic affairs at Harford Community College
Source: Harford Community College To read this article, visit https://www.harford.edu/about/get-to-know-harford/news/2024/05-may/olivia-rines.php
Steven Rogelberg quoted in ‘A former Facebook director says managers need to kill the weekly 1:1 meeting. Here’s why.’
Source: Business Insider India To read this article, visit www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/a-former-facebook-director-says-managers-need-to-kill-the-weekly-11-meeting-heres-why-/articleshow/110186529.cms Rogelberg, an organizational psychologist and a professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, studies 1:1s. He noted that one of the biggest no-nos in these meetings is when the boss dominates the conversation or runs through a to-do list.
Yongqiang Chu was interviewed for ‘Would you rent a room in an apartment with a stranger? New Charlotte site is betting on it’
Source: Charlotte Observer Many of the people moving to Charlotte are young, single professionals, said Yongqiang Chu, director of the Childress Klein Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte. They are looking for smaller spaces instead of houses and apartments with three bedrooms. “The Charlotte market has been struggling to provide a supply to match […]
UNC Charlotte enters ‘next chapter’ after earning coveted top-tier research status
Source: Charlotte Observer “A lot of people used to tell me when I first got here ‘Well, we try to work with other R1’s in North Carolina, but they’re a couple of hours away,’” UNC Charlotte Chancellor Sharon Gaber told The Charlotte Observer. “Every great city has a great research university … Charlotte deserves that.” […]
Katherine Idziorek provided comments for UNC Charlotte leads ‘heat mapping’ campaign in Charlotte
Source: WCNC “We have this legacy of disinvestment in communities of color and low-income communities in our city that manifest itself in poorer health conditions, lower quality of life outcomes for those communities,” Katherine Idziorek, an assistant professor of geography and community planning at UNC Charlotte, said. “This will be an opportunity to understand better […]
Greg Gbur quoted in ‘How do cats land on their feet?’
“One of the reasons that physicists were surprised that cats could rotate to always land on their feet is the conservation of angular momentum,” Greg Gbur, a physicist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, told Live Science. Source: Live Science To read this article, visit https://www.livescience.com/animals/cats/how-do-cats-land-on-their-feet
UNC Charlotte holds memorial service five years after fatal campus shooting
Source: WBTV To read this article, visit https://www.wbtv.com/2024/04/30/unc-charlotte-holds-memorial-service-five-years-after-fatal-campus-shooting/
UNC Charlotte senior in vanguard to new frontier
UNC Charlotte senior in vanguard to new frontier
Source: Charlotte Post
Eric Heberlig quote in ‘NC hasn’t picked a Democratic president in 16 years. Is Mecklenburg County the key?’
Eric Heberlig quote in ‘NC hasn’t picked a Democratic president in 16 years. Is Mecklenburg County the key?’
Source: Charlotte Observer