Feature Stories

Art in various formats in a park


Cultivating Community


Timing is Everything:
Kwame Molden’s Full-Circle Return to Niner Nation

From a $1,500 idea to a national brand, alumnus Kwame Molden returns to Charlotte with a 49er Watch.

Instructor leading a discussion with students seated in small groups around desks in a classroom.


Introducing… the Classroom Experience!

A new approach to clinicals is helping more future teachers stay the course.

Niner couple embrace outside Cauble Quad


Where Niner Love Begins

Niner connections turned into lifelong love.

A woman in a green shirt examines a series of 3D-printed facial models mounted on mannequin heads in a research lab at UNC Charlotte, with monitors and lab equipment visible in the background.

Fight Identity Crime With AI

Detecting deception in the age of deepfakes.

Professor teaching student choir

Resounding Resistance

Andrew Brotherton’s quest to save lives drives his Ph.D. pursuit

A North Carolina archaeological dig unearths new knowledge about early 20th-century Black education.

Restaurateur Chris Boukedes ’92 takes us inside his popular Euro-southern bistro.

Brenna Murray’s flame burned brightly on and off the field for the 49ers women’s soccer team.

Life challenges that started with childhood in a refugee camp did not deter data scientist Khem Khadka ’22 from achieving…

A champion on the track, Maya Singletary strives to define herself through commitment to community service.

Architecture projects teach students hands-on skills while solving real-world problems.

A novel circuit breaker design fills an energy industry need.

Charlotte Black Pride co-founder Jermaine Nakia Lee helps compose the score to Charlotte’s culture scene.

Redevelopment concepts include a walkable district connecting University to surrounding area.

The Push to EV and Battery Research Prominence

Three Niners named 40 Under 40 honorees by Charlotte Business Journal