General News

The fall 2022 edition of UNC Charlotte Magazine, with a new look and style, offers compelling stories about the ways our accomplished alumni, innovative faculty and staff members and creative students are “Shaping What’s Next.”

49ers Megan Mitchem, Brayden Vanmilligan, Lisa Insixiengmay and others are taking advantage of Charlotte’s educational opportunities and access to transform their lives.

Heather Smith, professor of geography, interim chair of the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences and Levine Scholars faculty fellow, has been appointed faculty director of the Levine Scholars Program, effective July 1, 2023. She succeeds Diane Zablotsky, who will return as a faculty member to the Department of Sociology.

UNC Charlotte’s Center for Graduate Life and Learning is now the Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning in recognition and honor of Tom Reynolds, associate provost for graduate programs and dean of the Graduate School. The naming took place during a special ceremony at the center in Atkins Library Thursday, Dec.15. 

Charlotte rises in the ranks, Alumni in Power Listing, a new 704 Shop tee and more.

In fall 2021, the University announced it would launch a review of the structure of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. A committee led by Belk College of Business Dean Jennifer Troyer assessed the pros and cons of maintaining a single college or reorganizing departments into smaller colleges.

Joseph Graham Jr.’s life is among the stories chronicled in the Congressional film documenting citizens’ quest for economic security.

Professor of Architecture Kyoung Hee Kim and Assistant Professor Weimin Wang in the Department of Engineering Technology and Construction Management have received a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State to launch the “Green Buildings Innovation Program.”

Marine veteran Joe Mulla ’22 DBA is using research and data from his dissertation to help his company reach and connect with millennial customers. 

A senior vice president with Truist Financial since October 2022, Mulla focused his research on ways financial technology, confidence and self-efficacy impact the relationship between financial literacy and millennial saving behavior for his Doctorate in Business Administration dissertation, “Financial Literacy and Wellness.”

Paul Tanyi, associate professor in UNC Charlotte’s Turner School of Accountancy, says excessive executive compensation has been a concern to regulators in the United States for some time. 

To support the growing entrepreneurial ecosystem on campus and in the Charlotte region, UNC Charlotte is aligning its educational and outreach efforts through the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.