General News

The UNC Charlotte STEM Pre-College Program is accepting applications for fall 2022 from middle and high school students with an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. 

The program’s goal is to increase the numbers of underrepresented students who pursue STEM major and careers.

Single-game tickets for the 2022 Charlotte 49ers football season are on sale now and can be purchased online or by calling the 49ers Ticket Office at 704-687-4949.

UNC Charlotte and boutique jeweler Kendra Scott are partnering for a fundraising event to benefit the Ellis Reed Parlier Scholarship.

Scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 3, the fundraiser will be at Kendra Scott’s SouthPark location. Shoppers whose In-store purchases total $100 or more will receive a free gift, while supplies last.

Nineteen campus proposals have been selected by UNC Charlotte’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion to receive 2022-23 Inclusive Excellence Grants.

Demand for University housing continues to be high, especially this year. As a result of increased applications and an unexpected decrease in cancellations, the Office of Housing and Residence Life has been unable to assign all students who applied and submitted a housing deposit by the June 1 priority housing deadline for the start of the fall semester as quickly as they have in years past. 

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Theater and Film Professor Jay Morong helps open The Independent Picture House in NoDa.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, UNC Charlotte has performed wastewater testing of campus buildings (now grouped into neighborhoods) to proactively mitigate the spread of the virus and to determine if infections are increasing or decreasing. The reporting structure of this testing has taken different forms, but the testing itself has continued since its implementation. As the virus and its variants continue to be present, here are a few things to remember:

Former Charlotte 49ers star Brandt Bronico ’17 is making his mark as part of the starting lineup for Charlotte FC’s inaugural season.

Associate Professor of Dance Kim Jones will join 25 higher education faculty in Chicago this month for the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute: Making Modernism: Literature, Dance, and Visual Culture in Chicago, 1893-1955. Funded by the NEH and running from July 18 to Aug. 5, the summer institute will explore creative expression in Chicago from the turn of the 20th century through the aftermath of the Second World War.