General News

The American Athletic Conference upcoming 2023 season will be the Charlotte 49ers’ first in the league as they will face six teams that advanced to bowl games in 2022 and six American opponents for the first time.
Charlotte’s home slate includes league games against Navy, Florida Atlantic, Memphis and Rice and non-conference matchups with S.C. State and Georgia State. 
Game times and television designations will be added at a later date with information for the first three weeks of the season announced by June 1. 

Evan Wantland, a teaching professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, was recently named director of Math Pathways. In this new role, he is responsible for making sure the people and resources are in place to redesign the University’s Math Pathways for every student as the focus of Charlotte’s Quality Enhancement Plan. Learn more about Wantland and the University’s QEP in this Q&A. What is NINERways: The Path to Math Success and what is your role in the program?

Charlotte FC star and former Charlotte 49er Brandt Bronico ’17 scores big, two alumni are among America’s Most Influential and more.

Remembrance Memorial 

Niner Nation can support the new Design-Build-Fly Team as it constructs a radio-controlled aircraft, send members of Sigma Tau Delta to present their work at the honor society’s national conference, help engineering students build free little libraries and more through crowdfunding.
Charlotte’s spring 2023 crowdfunding lineup includes six student and faculty initiatives aimed at enhancing the Charlotte experience.

UNC Charlotte’s PoleVolt, the innovative solution that uses existing streetlights to provide curbside electric vehicle charging, has added another accolade. It recently received the Clean Cities/Clean Fuels Coalition Award from the Centralina Regional Council.

Self-love can mean something different for everyone. Whether it’s treating yourself, embracing fitness, learning about nutrition or improving your mental health, UNC Charlotte has you covered. Here are important ways we equip students, faculty and staff to be the best versions of themselves. 

Exercise is for everybody

Sure, you’ve heard of and seen the huge UNC Charlotte University Recreation Center, also known as UREC, but do you know what it really offers? 

The launch of UNC Charlotte’s Master of Science in Real Estate in fall 2012 collided head on with its city’s well-documented development growth spurt. That collision still impacts Charlotte and the greater Mecklenburg County region.

UNC Charlotte’s Campus Master Plan is being updated to re-envision a comprehensive campus plan to support the implementation of the University’s strategic plan, Shaping What’s Next.

More than 50 years after earning a bachelor’s degree in business, Chuck Howard ’71 still relies on lessons learned at UNC Charlotte.