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UNC Charlotte and Bank of America have launched an innovative new program for the next generation of knowledge workers. The Bank of America Applied Technology Program (ATP) is designed to give students the opportunity to work for the bank while pursuing their undergraduate degrees. The 17-month program provides students studying technology and business the means […]

New television series features conversations with top business leaders

Craig Depken II, associate professor of economics, was recently quoted in”Hot ticket: Seats at Sunday’s Patriots-Jets game going for up to $1,450,” an article published in the Providence (R.I.) Journal. Depken’s research focuses on the economics of sports, and he is frequently consulted by media from across the country to comment on current topics in […]

James Good, a 2003 graduate of the Belk College, recently completed a cross-country bicycle trip from Seattle to Charlotte. Charlotte Observer reporter Scott Fowler wrote about James’s trip here: Charlotte Observer.

The Belk College of Business and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond hosted a panel discussion, “Moving Forward in the New Economy,” on Sept. 23. Panelists included John Connaughton, professor of economics in the Belk College;Judson Russell, assistant professor of finance, and Joan Garton, assistant vice president for supervision and regulation at the Federal Reserve […]

Belk College Dean Joseph B. Mazzola is profiled in the September 2008 issue of Greater Charlotte Biz magazine. In the article, Dr. Mazzola discusses his vision of building the “21st-century business school” at UNC Charlotte. The article is available online at Greater Charlotte Biz. Reprints will be available upon request in mid-September; contact the Belk […]

Arts group aims to raise $11.2 million, increase community participation

While the employment outlook may be bleak for some sectors of the economy, students in UNC Charlotte’s undergraduate program in risk management and insurance (RMI) find themselves in demand in the job market. Ten employers will visit campus Wednesday, Feb. 25 to participate in the program’s annual Career Day, looking for candidates to fill 16 […]

UNC Charlotte Community Conversation to Discuss Infrastructure with National and Regional Experts The UNC Charlotte “Community Conversations: Changing Times…Changing Minds” speaker series continues Wednesday, May 20, at 6:00 PM at the Levine Museum of the New South. [Directions] The event is free, and the public is encouraged to attend and participate. The topic of conversation […]

Hwan C. Lin, associate professor of economics in the Belk College of Business, recently wrote an editorial for the Taipei (Taiwan) Times. In”The Figures are Able to Speak for Themselves,” Lin discusses the revitalization of the Taiwan economy.Lin isa research fellow at the Taiwan Public Policy Council in addition to his faculty appointment at UNC […]