College News
Knowledge lives in research. As scholars pursue answers to big questions and researchers push the boundaries of what we already know, knowledge shifts, grows, and expands. The vitality of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is linked to the vitality of its faculty’s research. In fiscal year 2012, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences […]
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences student Hannah Martin received a standing ovation from fellow students and other audience members at UNC Charlotte’s commencement on Dec. 15, when she joined Chancellor Philip L. Dubois and Dean Nancy A. Gutierrez before the crowd in the Dale F. Halton Arena.
The UNC Charlotte Forensics team brought home team and individual awards from the Collegiate Forensic Association Holiday Forensics Tournament in early December, placing sixth overall. Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, Virginia hosted the tournament.
UNC Charlotte faculty member Jean-Claude Thill has received the Hirotada Kohno Award for outstanding service to the Regional Science Association International. Thill is the Knight Distinguished Knight Distinguished Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Geography & Earth Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. He will take office as president of […]
Shawn Long, chair of the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at UNC Charlotte, has received the 2012 Outstanding Service Award from the African American Communication and Culture Division and the Black Caucus of the National Communication Association. The award honors an individual who exemplifies excellence in service, in recognition […]
UNC Charlotte Organizational Science Ph.D. student David Askay has received one of the most prestigious national research awards presented to students doing communication studies research. The National Communication Association presents The Donald P. Cushman Memorial Award for the top-ranked student-authored paper from all NCA units that competitively rank papers for programming at the NCA annual […]
Nancy A. Gutierrez, Dean of UNC Charlotte’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, has been elected President of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS), the nation’s most influential association for academic leaders in the liberal arts and sciences. Gutierrez will take office in November 2013. CCAS represents more than 500 member institutions […]
The UNC Charlotte Model United Nations team in late October brought home two of the top awards presented at the National Model United Nations Conference in Washington, D.C., winning an Outstanding Delgation Award and a Position Paper Award.
(Pictured, from left: Chancellor Philip L. Dubois; Julie S. Harris, senior vice president and corporate treasury CFO/Controller, Bank of America; recipient Joanne Robinson; Provost Joan Lorden; and Jeffrey Price, music professor and chairman of the Bank of America Award Committee.) Associate professor Joanne Robinson from the Religious Studies Department in the College of Liberal Arts […]
Jon Marks has won the 2012 prize for Exemplary Cross-Field Scholarship from the General Anthropology Division (GAD) of the American Anthropological Association. The GAD supports innovative scholarship that transcends boundaries that divide the various fields of anthropology. It awards the Cross-Field Award each year for a peer-reviewed journal article published in the preceding three years […]
UNC Charlotte College of Liberal Arts & Sciences faculty members Dan Morrill and Kathy Reichs were among the eight ASC Honors recipients on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 in recognition of their impact on Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s cultural community. The Arts & Science Council (ASC) and Charlotte Symphony partnered for ASC Honors during an evening celebration in the […]
(Pictured, left to right: Aliaga-Buchenau, Robinson.) Two faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences are among the five finalists for UNC Charlotte’s top teaching award, the 2012 Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence. Anabel Aliaga-Buchenau, associate professor of German and comparative literature, and Joanne Robinson, associate professor of religious studies, join […]