Feature Stories


Student Ranger Program Provides Connections

and Opportunities Beyond Graduation

Zero waste steward sorts recycling after home football game


Charlotte’s zero-waste playbook
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Inside Jerry Richardson Stadium’s sustainability strategy

UNC Charlotte marching band members in green shirts, black overalls, and white hats perform enthusiastically in the stadium stands during a football game, smiling and playing their instruments with gold glitter on their faces.


the Sound of Spirit

UNC Charlotte’s Pride of Niner Nation Marching Band builds a legacy that lasts beyond the field.


Niner Nation Picks 2025

Alumni-owned businesses are offering exclusive eats, bold drinks and special deals crafted to make your Niner Nation Week unforgettable.


BACK ON THE MAP:

Architecture students imagine a new Chimney Rock

ANGEL IN THE INFIELD Defying the odds, 49er Cori Henderson Hoffler finds her balance in faith, resilience and softball By:…

Measured Success Across four decades, CPM’s chief engineer, Jimmie Miller, has had a front-row seat for Charlotte’s rise to international…

Constructing the ABCs of arts advocacy Nontraditional student Sarah Vojnovich is using her personal experience to help museums improve accessibility,…

SPACES SPEAK Genealogical research led by Alyssa Brady, the inaugural graduate in the Master of Science in Architecture Critical Heritage…

Driven to Innovate Entrepreneur Igor Jablokov ’01 MBA is reducing the distance between people and information through artificial intelligence By:…

Feeding the future of West Boulevard urbanCORE, UNC Charlotte’s hub for urban research and community engagement, led a 10-month participatory…

THE POWER OF PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH Guy Cousins, Beverly Clark, Brenda Campbell and Thomas Farrow are among community leaders in…

GUARDIANS AND LEADERS Mission Possible: ROTC graduates are Army and Space Force action ready By: JENNIFER HOWE To prepare for…

Taking teaching and learning to the next level with AI Adjunct lecturer Sidney Beeman, right, works with faculty colleagues at…

Six Niners top CBJ’s Most Admired CEO Awards. Charlotte Business Journal’s (CBJ) Most Admired CEO Awards program highlights top leaders…

COMMUNITY • WELLNESS • PURPOSE Photo, top, Demond Martin and chairman/co-founder of Improbable Media and ESPN host Jay Williams, during…

Purpose in Parallel For more than 30 years, Kia Martin ’98 has built upon shared values with her husband Demond…