General News

Eric Hoenes del Pinal, assistant professor and undergraduate program director for the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, has been selected as a 2023-24 Fulbright U.S. Scholar for Guatemala.
Trained as a cultural and linguistic anthropologist, Hoenes del Pinal’s approach to the study of religion is strongly ethnographic with an emphasis on the role of language and non-verbal forms of communication in shaping human interaction. 

In North Carolina, UNC Charlotte stands alone in training teachers in literacy instruction.

Charlotte’s Master of Science in Mathematical Finance program is judged one of the best in the nation, soaring into the Top 10 in TFE Times’ Best Master’s of Financial Engineering programs rankings for 2023.

The five inaugural recipients of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Distinguished Leadership Award are “impeccable people” who have never let the college or UNC Charlotte down, said emcee Ohavia Phillips ’15.

Assistant Professor of Dance Kaustavi Sarkar has received the James H. Woodward Faculty Research Award. Established in 2021, this annual award is given to an untenured faculty member who has been reappointed to a tenure-track position. Sarkar is the second faculty member to receive the award.

Allison Petrauskas ’16 is the 2023 recipient of the New Professional Art Educator Award from the National Art Education Association, the leading professional membership organization for visual arts educators.

UNC Charlotte remembers Charlotte business leader and philanthropist Leon Levine, who died Wednesday, April 5, for his expansive commitment to the University and his investment in high-achieving students.

UNC Charlotte and SkillStorm, a technology talent accelerator, are joining forces to close skill gaps in the Charlotte region’s fast-growing tech industry. This joint effort will provide North Carolina professionals and employers with access to previously untapped talent pools in an effort to close digital skills gaps that impact their current workforce.

UNC Charlotte has earned a 2023-24 Military Friendly School Gold Award for its commitment to military service members, veterans and their dependents.

The University Career Center will host an open house from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 12, to kick off the weeklong observance, “Disability @ Work: Advocating for a Brighter Future.”