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

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…

Exploring Sticky Science

Tour the newly dedicated Dontá L. Wilson Residence Hall

PISCO GASTROLOUNGE Niner Renzo Bellido is adding Peruvian spice to Charlotte’s culinary scene and nightlife. By Jenny Matz Photos By…

With a transformational $23 million endowment headed its way, the Cato College of Education, the state’s top-rated preparer of reading…

The Mebane Early Literacy Center

Bringing the Science of Reading to life