General News

Torrieann Dooley-Kennedy, a doctoral student in Curriculum and Instruction, and Mubin Tarannum, a Nanoscale Science Ph.D. student, are the Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award winners for 2020.

Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed UNC Charlotte social work professor Sonyia Richardson, Ph.D., to a statewide task force on health inequities.

New Student & Family Services (NSFS), within the Division of Student Affairs and in collaboration with Academic Affairs, has developed a new onboarding initiative called Year One Launch.As the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the academic calendar and ways students may be able to engage with campus, Year One Launch offers new, incoming students an opportunity to build community, access resources, develop healthy habits and learn about UNC Charlotte prior to the start of the academic year.

Charlotte 49ers junior wide receiver Victor Tucker has been named to the 2020 Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List. The Biletnikoff Award is presented annually to the season’s outstanding college football receiver regardless of position (the award defines receiver as any player who catches a pass hence, tight ends, slot receivers and backs, inside receivers, wide receivers, split ends and running backs are eligible) by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation Inc.

Chelsea Karpeh ’18, a clarinetist and customer service representative for Blumenthal Performing Arts, collaborated with violinist Malik Johnson to organize “Be the Change,” a benefit concert to address social justice for African Americans.

For individuals whose goals include biomedical school or in a career focused on innovative technologies in the life sciences, UNC Charlotte has added two new graduate certificates to help.The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has developed graduate certificates in biomedical sciences and in biotechnology, in response to student and societal needs.

This fall, UNC Charlotte will welcome new classes of scholars from its most prestigious scholarship programs funded through the generous donations of dedicated alumni.Five students make up the second class of Johnson Scholars. Gene ’73 and Vickie ’71 and ’82 Johnson established the Johnson Scholars program to increase opportunities at UNC Charlotte for students from middle income families who do not qualify for federal grant programs. 

As UNC Charlotte moves toward the fall 2020 semester, “the new normal” for students and faculty includes different modes of instruction as the University continues to adapt to the challenges of the global coronavirus pandemic.

UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business is one of 2020’s “Leading Schools for Real Estate,” according to a national industry publication.The Belk College is the only business school in the Carolinas to make Commercial Property Executives’ list, which features institutions that demonstrate a commitment to developing tomorrow’s leaders in the real estate industry.

Seven individuals — four all-American athletes, a coach, an administrator and a benefactor — are among the first class of the Charlotte 49ers Hall of fame.