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  • Personally Speaking Series Launches September 24
    The Personally Speaking series offers an eclectic range of in-depth research discussions from CHESS faculty in partnership with the J. Murrey Atkins Library. Each speaker is peer-selected to present their recently published research, focusing especially on their personal interests and motivations for studying the topic. Every evening is also a unique opportunity to network and discuss the topic with faculty, staff, students, alumni, and other community members during a light reception preceding the event.┃chess.charlotte.edu
    Offered four times a year in the Halton Room of Atkins Library at 5:15 p.m. with a reception at 4:15 p.m. Open to the public at no charge.

    9/24

    “Who is a Refugee? The Global Implications of Migration Governance in the Ottoman Empire,” featuring research by Ella Fratantuono, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of History. Based on the book Governing Migration in the Late Ottoman Empire (Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press, 2024).

    10/15

    “Without Water, We Have Nothing: Water Grabbing and Crises Across The Americas and Beyond,” featuring research by Caitlin Schroering, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Global Studies and Affiliated Faculty, Department of Sociology. Based on the book Global Solidarities Against Water Grabbing: Without Water, We Have Nothing (Manchester University Press, 2024).

    2/18

    “Bones in Bolivia’s Basins: A Biological Microhistory of Identity and Community in Ancient Bolivia,” featuring research by Sara Juengst, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology. Based on the book Cooperation and Hierarchy in Ancient Bolivia: Building Community with the Body (Routledge, 2024).

    3/25

    “Singing with the Mountains: Narratives of God and Language in Islam and Afghanistan,” featuring research by Will Sherman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies. Based on the book Singing with the Mountains: The Language of God in the Afghan Highlands (New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 2023).
  • Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks Sunday at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center in Kentucky. She told an audience that "judicial philosophies are not the same as political parties."
    Justice Amy Coney Barrett Insists That The Supreme Court's Rulings Aren't Partisan
    The newest justice — picked by former President Donald Trump to fill the seat left open by Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death — said, "I think we need to evaluate what the court is doing on its own terms."
  • Retro Products For The Digital Age
    The Impossible Project saved Polaroid film before it went off the market. It bought the last remaining factory and restarted production. And a gadget called the Instant Lab prints Polaroids from your iPhone.
  • Bob Edwards Talks With Commentator T.R. Reid
    about where the 2002 World Cup should be held... Japan and South Korea are both competing to host the event.
  • R.L. Burnside from the cover of the 2001 album 'Mississippi Hill Country Blues.'
    R.L. Burnside: Late Start, Great Sound
    Country bluesman R.L. Burnside died this week in Memphis at 78. He worked a good part of his life as a sharecropper in the Mississippi Delta. He made his first recording in his 40s and didn't become a fulltime professional musician until he was in his 60s.
  • Ravel's 'Boléro:' A Product of Dementia?
    Jason Lai conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a performance of Boléro by Maurice Ravel. Could the work have been a manifestation of Ravel's growing dementia?
  • R&B Giant Luther Vandross Dies at 54
    Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Luther Vandross has died at the age of 54. A hospital in New Jersey did not release the cause of death, but officials did say Vandross had never fully recovered from the stroke he suffered two years ago.
  • No 'Slow Down' for R&B Fave Bobby Valentino
    In the 1990s, Bobby Valentino was part of the teen vocal group Mista. Now he's gone solo, with a self-titled CD and a single, "Slow Down," that's already topped the R&B charts. Ed Gordon talks with Valentino about his burgeoning career and his soulful influences.
  • R&B Artist Gordon Chambers
    Gordon Chambers talks about his new album Introducing... Gordon Chambers.
  • Learning Through Audio Production
    A teacher in Charlotte is trying to keep students from slipping into the typical “brain drain” of summer. WFAE’s Sarah Delia went to a classroom at Martin…
  • A courtroom sketch of R. Kelly telling Judge Ann M. Donnelly he won't take the stand in his own defense.
    R. Kelly's Federal Trial Is In The Hands Of The Jury
    After six weeks of emotionally charged testimony, jury deliberation begins in the New York federal trial of disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly. If convicted, he could spend 10 years to life in prison.
  • In this illustration drawn from a video feed, the prosecution presents its closing argument in the New York federal trial against singer R. Kelly. on Wednesday, Sept. 22.
    R. Kelly Found Guilty Of Racketeering And Sex Trafficking
    A jury found the disgraced R&B star guilty of charges that included sexual exploitation of a child, racketeering and sex trafficking. He faces a possible sentence of 10 years to life in prison.
  • A tree grows beneath a power line in the Park DuValle neighborhood of Louisville, Ky. Urban environments can be especially harsh on trees.
    Trees Are Key To Fighting Urban Heat — But Cities Keep Losing Them
    Trees are one of the best ways to fight deadly urban heat, but U.S. cities lose millions every year. And many low-income areas are starting at a disadvantage.
  • Cooper Proposes Spending Increase Of $1.1B; Rep. Rouzer (R-NC) To Hold Town Hall Monday
    North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper wants to increase state government spending next year by more than 5 percent, or $1.1 billion, and to issue about $350…
  • Bob Edwards Talks With Reporter T.R. Reid,
    who's on assignment in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. Reid has seen what's touted as the world's tallest building, scheduled to be completed later this year. Reid, who was not impressed, says it looks like a building in a 1950s science fiction movie about the future.
  • First Listen: R.E.M. Live At The Olympia
    Rather than create a live album spanning its greatest hits, the legendary Athens, Ga., band picked out an unlikely assortment of 39 songs known mostly to R.E.M. diehards. Hear Live at the Olympia in its entirety for the week leading up to the collection's Oct. 27 release.
  • Light the World Giving Machines
    Light the World Giving Machines are a convenient and fun way to help those in need this Christmas season. Instead of traditional vending machines that sell candy and soda, Giving Machines allow people to purchase an item for someone else--across town or around the world. After the payment process is completed, a card representing the item drops into an enclosed display bin. 100% of your donations are given to the charity of your choosing. This year's featured charities include FeedNC, Latin American Coalition, The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte, CARE and Medicine For All People (MAP) International.

    Make sure to check out the event calendar for something fun each day! dropbox.com/scl/fi/mb8ky…

    For more information, head to the new 2024 GivingMachine.org page launching 11/13.
  • 'You Gotta See' Kentucky's Locker Room
    Lexington, Ky., is one of four sites where the NCAA men's basketball tournament is being played. The visiting teams have been amazed by the locker suite. The $3.1 million facility was paid for with private donations.
  • The Year's Best-Designed Products
    Robert Siegel talks with Bruce Nussbaum, editorial page editor of Business Week, about the magazine's annual Best Product Design issue. The 2005 winners include a sleek update on training wheels, the iPod shuffle and a toilet design that "recasts the whole concept of the toilet."
  • D.R. Congo's mining capital is at the heart of Biden's bid to counter China in Africa
    Kolwezi has some of the world's largest copper and cobalt reserves and that makes it a key location at the heart of the U.S. and China's jostle for mineral supremacy on the African continent.
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