Feature Stories

Tick hunter carefully transfers a tick into a test tube with tweezers.


The Tick Hunters

A Hendrick Motorsports staff member stands with arms crossed inside a modern training and performance facility equipped with cardio machines, weightlifting stations, and digital timing displays.



Making the “Right” Turn

Jerry Richardson Stadium undergoes expansion construction as a large crane towers above newly installed steel beams and concrete seating. The football field remains in use below, with a few people on the turf beneath a bright blue sky.

Charlotte’s Stock Is Rising. So is Jerry Richardson Stadium.

Carolinas Grid Engine


UNC Charlotte-led partnership earns NSF Engines designation

Federal investment of up to $160 million positions North Carolina and South Carolina to play a larger national role

Artist Dari Calamari ’10 has literally painted the town – and is now turning her attention to fashion.

UNC Charlotte graduate Celestin Gasirabo ‘22 overcame insurmountable obstacles to achieve a Computer Engineering degree

5 Niners named Women in Business Honorees by Charlotte Business Journal

Nontraditional student Megan Mitchem is changing the face of research inside and outside the lab

Energy research opportunities for undergraduates lead to global destinations — and clear career paths

Wade Bruton has been the visual historian for UNC Charlotte since 1989

How Kwame Molden ’12 built a best-selling national watch line with just $1,500.

Charlotte associate professor Tamara Williams is preserving history and culture through dance

Charlotte alumna Alyson Craig is planning for the long term

CEO Ryan Gellert ’94 shares how “doing good” drives the premier outdoor company’s brand

A multidisciplinary approach to predicting the spread of disease

CIPHER researchers take a collaborative approach to protect public health