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

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

As the scientific community predicts new pandemics, Charlotte is looking ahead.

Peter Giannatos ’14 is bringing national prominence to Charlotte’s chess community

ALUMNI-OWNED RESTAURANTS AND BARS

Student Spotlights Celebrates the Class of 2022