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UNC Charlotte historian Aaron Shapiro has received The Midwestern History Association’s annual Jon Gjerde Prize for the best book on a Midwestern history topic for his book “The Lure of the North Woods: Cultivating Tourism in the Upper Midwest.”

UNC Charlotte journalism students won a 2014 Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for the website created from student work for the 2014 course, “Covering Poverty in America.”

Vivian Lord opened her mail one winter day 16 years ago, and found a letter from an inmate describing his unsuccessful attempt to force police officers to shoot and kill him. What Lord learned from him, and what she has uncovered in her subsequent years of pioneering research, has contributed significantly to the understanding of the phenomenon called Suicide by Cop.

Dena Shenk, professor of anthropology and graduate coordinator of the Gerontology Program, is the 2015 recipient of UNC Charlotte’s Harshini V. de Silva Award; the honor is presented annually to a faculty member who best exemplifies de Silva’s commitment to graduate students.

Fourteen UNC Charlotte students experienced London and Stratford-upon-Avon as part of the Shakespeare in England spring study abroad course, exploring places and events that shaped the playwright’s personal and professional life.

Dena Shenk, graduate director of UNC Charlotte’s Gerontology Program and professor of anthropology, has received the Mildred Seltzer Distinguished Service Recognition from the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.

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

Charles J. Brody, associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UNC Charlotte, has been named vice president of academic affairs at Misericordia University in Dallas, PA. He begins his new role at Misericordia on July 1.

A drive to address societal challenges proved compelling for three UNC Charlotte student teams competing in the UNC Social Entrepreneurship Conference at North Carolina A&T State University. The teams returned from the experience with an unwavering commitment to tackle society’s problems.

Sustainability is an international concern, and for one UNC Charlotte professor the challenge is to bring new understanding to how Nigerians can view sacred groves as secular green spaces, through in-depth research with global implications.