Feature Stories


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

Researchers and alumni inspire new generations of women STEM professionals

Mechanical engineering doctoral student Taylor Barrett-Crvich

UCity Family Zone addresses inequities in north Charlotte through social determinants of health.

UNC Charlotte researchers discover whether it’s better to leave windows open or shut on public transit to minimize the spread…

Development Boom: How UNC Charlotte is powering University City’s dramatic growth

Data science answers the call

UNC Charlotte students find opportunities to address real-world problems through engaged research.

How a seminal world event helped shape UNC Charlotte.

New science building to nurture talent pipeline for soaring STEM needs.

Engineering researchers use biomechanics to examine the effectiveness of knee implants.

Students envision a new world in University City and beyond

North Carolina is the number two solar producing state in the nation and UNC Charlotte is at the forefront of…