General News

A New Year’s resolution that is easily kept and successfully accomplished before the end of January does exist.

Start 2020 off in a meaningful way, by rolling up a sleeve at the annual 49ers4Life Blood Drive.

Five veteran 49ers share the impact of a game-changing Chancellor.

The Charlotte 49ers have three players competing in this week’s 95th annual East-West Shrine Bowl, which will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 18, in St. Petersburg, Florida. NFL Network will televise the event, which is the longest-running college all-star football game in the nation and gives top college players a chance to showcase their talents to NFL scouts and a national television audience.

“He is the best college goalkeeper in the country, no doubt about it,” says 49ers coach Kevin Langan.

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The School of Architecture (SoA) recently renamed the newly renovated Storrs Lecture Hall, the Jack and Vada Boardman Auditorium, in recognition of the Boardman family’s generous funding of student scholarships.

The Atkins Library Diversity & Inclusion Committee is sponsoring a University-wide book club that will focus on diversity and cultural topics to spark conversations around inclusivity, equity and awareness of human differences in today’s society.The club, created at the recommendation of the provost, is open to all faculty, staff and students. Ryan Harris, head of research and instructional services, will facilitate the first discussion, scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 30, in the library’s Halton Reading Room.

WFAE’s Ann Doss Helms recently wrote an in-depth report that focuses on how the University and its partners are reshaping the experiences of student teachers.

Rodney Graves ‘97 and Robert Garraway ‘96 had not seen each other in 23 years before meeting at the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl.

UNC Charlotte has opened the Carolinas’ first School of Data Science. This interdisciplinary school allows UNC Charlotte to expand on its programs in the field and open up the growing and diverse field of data science to students with varied career interests.