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

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

Welcome to the forefront of campus evolution

Two UNC Charlotte alumnae recognized for their leadership in the Charlotte region

With a $1M gift, Susan DeVore ’81 is turbocharging the next generation of women leaders.

Women researchers who manage, interpret and apply big data

Charlotte Warrior, Cyber Guardian

Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement Inspire a Service-centered Future

Crushing a Nontraditional Path