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Construction personnel and equipment will begin staging near the football stadium starting Monday, Aug. 11, as preparations for the Jerry Richardson Stadium Expansion project begins. The construction site will not be fenced initially, and major construction gets underway following the 49ers football game against UNC Chapel Hill Sept. 6. This expansion will increase the stadium […]

UNC Charlotte’s William States Lee College of Engineering recently announced a partnership with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. A global leader in energy grid automation and protection, SEL donated state-of-the-art equipment valued at more than $200,000 to the University’s Electromechanical Engineering Technology program, the only one of its kind in the UNC System. Students in the ETEM program […]

Jonathan Reece, University registrar, is among 12 participants who will attend the 2025 Baden-Württemberg Seminar in Stuttgart, Germany, in October. Reece, who holds a doctorate in educational leadership, is a member of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, which, along with NAFSA: Association of International Educators, collaborates to offer this global professional development […]

Juniors Aidan Oh, a computer science major, and Andrei Vince, a computer engineering major, earned a stipend and insight into the field of architecture working with Assistant Professor of Architecture Sabri Gökmen. Their challenge — use AI to quickly produce a 3D architectural visualization from a verbal description.  “Generative tools frequently lack the precision needed for […]

Music students Abigail Roscoe and Will Wiand participated in the Office of Undergraduate Research Summer Research Scholars program to expand public information about 24 practically unknown composers from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The seniors’ research, under the guidance of Jay Grymes, professor of musicology, resulted from his class “Western Classical Music: Antiquity-Baroque,” in which he requires […]

UNC Charlotte will hold its inaugural Summer Commencement for 2025 graduates, Saturday, Aug. 9, in Dale F. Halton Arena. During the ceremony, the University will confer more than 1,000 degrees and certificates — at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate levels. Pennda A. Arami, who will receive a Master of Arts in ethics and applied psychology, […]

UNC Charlotte’s efforts to build an energy innovation hub for the Carolinas continue to gain national momentum. The University’s Carolinas Engine for Grid Modernization is one of 29 semifinalists in the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) competition — selected for a virtual site visit from more than 300 initial applicants. The […]

KoKo Thornton ’97 is the 2025 recipient of the Inspiring Teacher Award, presented at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, known as the Jimmy Awards. Thornton was nominated by her former student Conor Kruger, who participated in the 2024 Jimmy Awards. He is her fifth student to go to the national competition from Enloe Magnet […]

Rich Amon, UNC Charlotte’s vice chancellor for business affairs and chief financial and administrative officer, was named Nonprofit/Civic Chief Financial Officer of the Year by the Charlotte Business Journal at an awards ceremony held at the Westin Charlotte on Thursday, June 17. Amon, who came to UNC Charlotte in 2022, is responsible for the University’s […]

Tamara Johnson, director of engaged scholarship, has been appointed interim director of urbanCORE, effective immediately, and will report to Lori Thomas, executive director of the Charlotte Urban Institute and Regional Data Trust. Johnson succeeds Byron White, who left the University earlier this month. “Tamara has been with urbanCORE from its inception and has long been […]