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

From 49erNext to Bring on What’s Next

Forging a Personalized Path

Breaking Barriers: UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics champions women in technology, paving the way for leadership and innovation

Demond Martin ’97 and WellWithAll’s pledge of $300M over the next decade for health equity in Black and Brown communities.

Kimberly Henderson ’13 is digitally extending the reach of historic imagery

UNC Charlotte’s Urban Institute is empowering communities to push for inclusive change

Levine Scholar Kayla Walker explains her mission to empower women through community-based health education

Artur Wolek: Batt Cave’s Remote Controller

UNC Charlotte’s research center flies to the future of energy technology

Amir Ghasemi: BATT CAVE’s Self-driving Director

Tiefu Zhao: Batt Cave’s Power Transformer

Anthony Bombik: Batt Cave’s Battery Authority