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UNC Charlotte received the Bike-Friendly Business of the Year award at the city of Charlotte’s 2025 Bike Charlotte Awards held last month. “UNC Charlotte is proud to be recognized as a bike-friendly business,” said Mike Lizotte, university sustainability officer. “We were nominated by a neighbor who cited our bicycle lanes, greenways and Niner Transit as […]

Katie Howell has been appointed associate dean for Special Collections and University Archives for the J. Murrey Atkins Library, effective June 16. In this role, Howell will develop and implement a strategic vision for Special Collections and University Archives overseeing preservation, accessibility and outreach for the library’s rare books, manuscripts, oral histories and institutional records. […]

Gracing Truist Center Plaza on Tryon Street is a new art installation created collaboratively by UNC Charlotte art professors Thomas Schmidt and Erik Waterkotte. The installation is a printed, site-specific mural that adorns the existing panels ofthe Truist Center building; it is visible from the plaza and ­­the tower above in the heart of uptown Charlotte. Schmidt and Waterkotte […]

Taufik Kareem Jamal Abdul-Jaleel’s play “High Standards” will be performed as part of the 2025 New South Young Playwrights Festival at Horizon Theatre Company in Atlanta.  Abdul-Jaleel is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Media Productions with a minor in theatre and a Bachelor of Arts in Management Information Systems with a minor in operations and […]

Ten outstanding alumni were recognized at the seventh annual 10 Under Ten Awards, sponsored by the UNC Charlotte GOLD Alumni Network, at an awards ceremony Thursday, June 5, in the Popp Martin Student Union. The 10 Under Ten Awards recognize alumni who have graduated within the past 10 years who are succeeding in their professional […]

UNC Charlotte faculty and staff capped the 2024-25 academic year by participating in and learning from the third annual AI Summit for Smarter Learning offered by the Center for Teaching and Learning. The summit, titled “Shaping Next-Generation Learning Experiences with Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools,” was held Wednesday, May 14 at The Dubois Center at UNC […]

The Dean of Students Office is accepting applications for 2025 Summer Commencement bell ringer. Faculty and staff should encourage graduating students to apply for this prestigious honor. Bell ringer is a tradition that recognizes outstanding student leaders who have demonstrated exemplary 49er spirit. All applicants must have a minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA and be in good […]

UNC Charlotte is the acceleration point of racing innovation.  This May, UNC Charlotte is putting the pedal down. And the racing world is taking notice. From the banks of NASCAR’s fiercest tracks to the sharp turns of real-world data analytics, Charlotte students and alumni are proving that the future of racing doesn’t happen by chance. […]

For eight years, Andrew Goff, a lecturer in biology, has invited Charlotte students to clean up local creeks as members of his Adopt-a-Spot crew, the Trash Taggers. Three to five times per semester, Goff and crew travel to creek beds around Mecklenburg County, where students wade into the murky water and retrieve trash. To date, […]

Lydia Thompson, professor of art, is a recipient of a Lighton International Artists Exchange Program award for travel to conduct research in the West African country of Ghana. Thompson will be in Ghana from June 22 through July 11, where she will investigate traditional adobe vernacular architecture structures. She is particularly interested in adobe homes in […]