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

Hannah Milillo is acquiring business skills to turn her passion for art into a career.

MPA Alum works to make Charlotte’s future more sustainable.

MPA alum tackles Charlotte’s affordable housing crisis.

MPA alum aims to create growth in rural North Carolina.

The engineering legacy of NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Alan Kulwicki inspires motorsports hopefuls.

UNC Charlotte athletic trainer Adam Jordan uses close relationships and clinical skill to keep players healthy.

Calvin Brock is one of several Belk College alumni who are Charlotte’s entrepreneurial champions.

Art students add color and character to the historic neighborhood of Wesley Heights.

Education alumna uses personal journey to inspire the next generation

Researcher and marine biologist Adam Reitzel is unlocking clues to how organisms respond to climate change–and changing the way science…

In the College of Health and Human Services, simulation labs are transforming the learning process for students and faculty, especially…

DeAndrea Salvador ’13 is making an impact by educating low-income families on how to reduce energy poverty.