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Charlotte Douglas International Airport and UNC Charlotte’s Aviation and Innovation Research Institute are partnering on a first‑of‑its‑kind national research project to better understand how airport runways perform. Led by Tara Cavalline, director of the Charlotte AIR Institute, the team is embedding high‑sensitivity sensors directly into a new runway currently being built between runways 2 and […]

Digital & Professional Learning is the updated name for UNC Charlotte’s Academic Affairs unit responsible for advancing online learning, professional programs and teaching innovation across the University. The unit powers a broad set of learner-facing portfolios and platforms, including Charlotte Online, Summer Term, Youth Programs, Corporate Training and Executive Education and The Dubois Center. Among […]

UNC Charlotte received an Outstanding Case Study designation from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education for its submission, “Shared Stewardship: Adopt a Spot at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.” The case study was submitted as part of AASHE’s annual Sustainability Achievement Award program. AASHE recognized 25 case studies this […]

One family. Four merit scholarship recipients. A lasting Charlotte legacy. The family of Kim and Charles Derrick is deeply connected to UNC Charlotte’s Honors College. Their four children all went through the college, hold seven Charlotte degrees and certificates among them, and are now rooted in the Charlotte region. The family recently joined with dozens […]

As of Thursday, April 23, Smellvis, the newest titan arum in the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens to enter a bloom cycle, has crossed the five foot mark and is 61″ tall. The growth is slowing down to about an inch a day and some of the classic red color is developing on the spathe, indicating […]

Annabelle Hill has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant for the 2026-27 academic year. Hill will serve as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Malta, representing UNC Charlotte and the United States through teaching, cultural exchange and community engagement. Hill, a senior Levine Scholar and member of the Honors College, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, […]

The UNC System Board of Governors (BOG) convened in regular session on April 16, 2026. Below is a summary of the reports shared with the board and actions taken by the board. Committee on Budget and Finance Joint Committee on Budget and Finance and External Affairs Committee on University Personnel Committee on University Governance Committee […]

The Three Sisters Market, an aspirational, community-owned food cooperative targeted for Charlotte’s West Boulevard corridor, long championed by the Charlotte Urban Institute, alongside Johnson C. Smith University and prominent west Charlotte community leaders, is a step closer to breaking ground. On April 7, Wells Fargo, one of the city’s largest banking institutions, announced a $1.5 […]

UNC Charlotte has awarded Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich, a globally recognized scholar of pragmatics, conflict and digital discourse, the esteemed title of Chancellor’s Professor. The Chancellor’s Professor designation recognizes outstanding contributions by a full professor who is not only a scholar of international and national distinction but also has a demonstrated record of significant achievement within […]

Not all first-time-in-college students come to campus as freshmen. First-time-in-college non-freshman students are those who arrive at UNC Charlotte with 30 or more earned credits, typically through Advanced Placement, early college or dual enrollment pathways. In fall 2021, only 688 first-time-in-college students arrived at the University with 30+ credit hours. By fall 2025, that number […]