CLAS in the News, October 2012

October 5, 2012
Categories: College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences, Updates

Faculty Featured

  • Gregory Weeks, political science & public administration, was quoted in elEconomista on Monday, October 22, 2012, in “La población latina de EEUU, clave para elegir al nuevo presidente.”
  • John Szmer, political science & public administration, was a panelist on on WFAE 90.7’s Charlotte Talks program on Monday, October 22, 2012, on the subject, “What the President Can and Cannot Do.”
  • Rosie Molinary, women’s & gender studies, and her class were featured on WCNC Charlotte on Friday, October 19, 2012, in “UNC Charlotte students get a lesson in going all natural.”
  • Andy Bobyarchick, geography & earth sciences, was quoted on Fox Charlotte on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, in “The 2012 Great SouthEast ShakeOut Drill.”
  • John Bender, geography & earth sciences, was quoted on WSOC TV on Monday, October 15, 2012, in “McCrory and Dalton Campaign Advertisements” about energy resources.
  • Harold Reiter, mathematics & statistics, was featured in the News and Observer of Raleigh on Thursday, October 11, 2012, in “Professor honored for making math fun,”
  • Gregory Weeks, political science & public administration, was quoted on Thursday, October 11, 2012, in Bloomberg Business Week in “Chavez Taps Venezuela’s Top Diplomat as VP Amid Cancer Battle.”
  • Karen L. Cox, history, authored an op ed that appeared in The New York Times on Wednesday, October 3, 2012, titled “We’re Here, We’re Queer, Y’all.” It also was listed as one of the First Best Thursday columns by the Atlantic Wire.

Students Featured

  • Michael Potter, anthropology, was featured in the Charlotte Observer Lake Norman News: News of University City, on Friday, October 12, 2012, about a new political party he seeks to form, in “Moderation is what he wants.”
  • Robert Mady, English, was featured in the Charlotte Observer on Monday, October 8, 2012 in “Getting young voers to tune in, turn out.”