News and Features

A new open-access study led by researchers at UNC Charlotte and the University of California, Riverside, aims to shed light on how to reverse the damage and save corals.

Jennifer Lay ’98, ’21 M.Ed. is a veteran teacher, most recently with Alamance Elementary School in Greensboro, North Carolina. She enjoys leading academically gifted students to their “aha” moments and supporting them through their student journeys. Learn more about Lay, her advice to current students and her gratitude for the Cato College of Education.

Logan Ellis ’21 is about to complete his first year as a fifth-grade teacher at Shiloh Valley Elementary School in Monroe, North Carolina. Ellis strives to improve students’ lives by being a positive role model and source of encouragement. Learn more about Ellis, his advice to current students and his gratitude for the Cato College of Education.

As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, Professor of History Steven Sabol, an expert in Russian history and Soviet and Post-Soviet nationalities policy, provides additional insight into a conflict that has now stretched into its fourth month with no visible end in sight. 

Karen Popp ’80 and Joe Price ’83 will be awarded honorary Doctor of Public Service degrees in recognition of their service to UNC Charlotte and the citizens of the city, region and state during Charlotte’s Spring Commencement, May 13-14.

Dakota Walker loved school growing up. When she learned she could teach professionally, she wanted to pursue it. As she progressed through high school and college, she found service projects and clinical placements that made her especially interested in the unique needs and talents of special education students.

UNC Charlotte’s Levine Scholars Program has selected 22 young leaders from across the United States who will be the members of the 13th class of the University’s prestigious and academically competitive scholarship program.

The Center for Teaching and Learning is holding a virtual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Showcase.

For its commitment to military service members, veterans and their dependents, UNC Charlotte has earned a Military Friendly School Gold Award for 2022-23. The University is one of 282 schools to achieve gold status for leading practices, outcomes and effective programs for military-affiliated students. Previously, the University had earned silver designation.

The 2022 Charlotte Venture Challenge provided the proverbial cherry on top of a year-long process during which student entrepreneurs honed their business or project ideas, streamlined their plans and perfected their presentations in preparation for pitching their ideas.

Among the tall trees of the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens is a new memorial dedicated as part of the University’s 2022 Niner Nation Remembrance of the April 30, 2019, campus shooting.

Mark Wilson will use funding for novel research on U.S. defense industry.