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

Inaugural Summer Commencement Ushers in New Horizons By Jennifer Howe UNC Charlotte is holding its inaugural Summer Commencement for 2025…

Paul Riefenberg ’90 is NUTS for Charlotte Story by Christy Jackson FAST FACTS: Paul Riefenberg, Class of 1990 Bachelor of…

Eye Tech Transforming ophthalmic health with AI By Phillip Brown Photos by Amy Hart KEY TAKEAWAYS: AI technology can help…

Ph.D. student Sina Gholami eyes a future in biomedical engineering research By Phillip Brown Photos by Amy Hart Growing up…

Rooted in Chocolate Engineer-turned-chocolatier Esa Weinreb ’83 is leading Charlotte’s craft chocolate movement. Photos by Amy Hart and courtesy of…

A Curious Mind  Charlotte alumna Jennifer Pagán is tackling clean water locally, globally By Phillip Brown Photos by Kat Lawerence…

Commercializing Charlotte Research Creating breakthroughs for a better tomorrow A national leader in patents and startups, UNC Charlotte displays patents…

Filthy Rich From food scraps to a flourishing farm, Kris Steele ’08, ’12 and Eric Theys ’13 are building a…

Norm the Niner is an icon at UNC Charlotte. The pickaxe-wielding prospector pops up at sporting and campus events to…

Celebrating UNC Charlotte’s Rising Stars 4 Niners named 40 Under 40 Honorees The Charlotte Business Journal’s annual “40 Under 40…

The members of UNC Charlotte’s spring graduating class are embracing the future as they kick-start careers, head to graduate school,…

The Great Cellular Heist: H5N1 Adapts for a Human Host New research offers implications for a vaccine to combat avian…