General News

The UNC Charlotte student chapter of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is flying high in more ways than one, competing in and raising money for the Design-Build-Fly competition, sponsored by the AIAA, Raytheon Technologies and Cessna, in May 2024, located in Kansas. They will compete against hundreds of teams across the globe. 

This year’s TEDxUNCCharlotte, featuring 11 total speakers, is a live event from 1 to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 18, in Cone University Center, McKnight Hall. Of the 11 speakers, three are UNC Charlotte staff or faculty members, and six are University students.

What is ChatGPT? How should it be used in academia? These are questions facing higher education institutions this spring, and UNC Charlotte is no exception. 

Much discussion is occurring around the academic usage and integrity of text-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, a new chatbot software that can explain ideas and concepts and generate convincing, human-like, though often oversimplified and sometimes inaccurate, written text. 

They zip. They zag. They deliver your food fast. 

Ok, so maybe they don’t quite zag ninja style, but they have a mission to deliver food all over UNC Charlotte’s campus, wherever you are, as efficiently and strategically as possible. 

UNC Charlotte’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the premier international English honors society, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The honor society recognizes student achievement in academics and literary outreach through educational, social and community events.

Four staff members with the UNC Charlotte Office of University Communications recently won an Emmy Award in the Entertainment category at the 37th annual Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee.

Celebrate Women’s History Month at UNC Charlotte.

A World with Equity in Computing and Humanity in Technology

Charlotte’s Club Swim Team is a place for swimmers of all levels to practice and compete in the sport they love without the pressure and time commitment that comes with being on a collegiate varsity team. 

José Gámez has been elected the second vice president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. A professor of architecture and urban design in Charlotte’s David R. Ravin School of Architecture, he also is the associate dean for research and graduate programs for the College of Arts + Architecture.