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KNOT JUST ANOTHER HOBBY DeJané Cade pursues fashion and prepares to teach Written by: Phillip Brown Main Photo by: Kat Lawrence Fashionista DeJané Angel Cade and her crochet creations are a viral sensation. The social media influencer is balancing an entrepreneurial venture with the demands of being a fifth-year Charlotte Teacher Early College student. Cade’s […]

DIM SUM AND BELLY LAUGHS Bryan Li ’08 Serves Up Hong Kong Flavors With A Side of Comedy Written By: Jennifer Matz Photos By: Ryan Honeyman Bryan Li ’08 has been shaking up Charlotte’s food and entertainment scenes with dual passions: delicious Hong Kong-inspired cuisine and unscripted comedy. Li’s journey is one of creativity, connection […]

CHARLOTTE: RISING STAR IN NEW NATIONAL RANKINGS With record student success and research expenditures, UNC Charlotte is a university on the move, and national publications are taking notice. Here are a few recent national rankings of note. Niche 2025 Best Colleges in America Review website Niche has ranked Charlotte’s campus No. 1 among all public universities […]

ANGEL IN THE INFIELD Defying the odds, 49er Cori Henderson Hoffler finds her balance in faith, resilience and softball By: Tenille Dellinger Cori Henderson Hoffler stands at second base, ready for the next play. The bases are loaded. Her team is up by one. It’s the bottom of the ninth with two outs. On first […]

Measured Success Across four decades, CPM’s chief engineer, Jimmie Miller, has had a front-row seat for Charlotte’s rise to international metrology prominence By Philip Brown A brief history of metrology — globally and at Charlotte Scattered across the deserts of ancient Egypt are monolithic pyramids, some having withstood the test of time for nearly 5,000 […]

Constructing the ABCs of arts advocacy Nontraditional student Sarah Vojnovich is using her personal experience to help museums improve accessibility, belonging and community Written By: Meg Whalen Photos By: Amy Hart The first sound Sarah Vojnovich remembers hearing was the lap of her dog’s tongue in his water bowl. She was 10 years old and […]

SPACES SPEAK Genealogical research led by Alyssa Brady, the inaugural graduate in the Master of Science in Architecture Critical Heritage Studies program, deepens the significance of Historic Rosedale Written By: meg whalen Photos by: Ryan Honeyman Charlotte is infamous for tearing down its past. Our vociferous “New South” city, eagerly focused on the future, has […]

Driven to Innovate Entrepreneur Igor Jablokov ’01 MBA is reducing the distance between people and information through artificial intelligence By: PHILLIP BROWN As Facebook, Google and smartphones were becoming more ubiquitous in society, the one-time IBM research engineer and program director Igor Jablokov ’01 MBA stood on a stage before an audience, opened a Motorola […]

Feeding the future of West Boulevard urbanCORE, UNC Charlotte’s hub for urban research and community engagement, led a 10-month participatory action research effort that catapulted public-private support to build The Three Sisters Market, a community-owned food cooperative in one of Charlotte’s most notable food deserts. By Asha Ellison When Janiqua Jackson left Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in […]

THE POWER OF PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH Guy Cousins, Beverly Clark, Brenda Campbell and Thomas Farrow are among community leaders in Charlotte who have a vested interest in the Three Sisters Market. By Byron P. White Byron P. White, urbanCORE The dramatic success that has been made toward establishing the Three Sisters Market, the first grocery […]