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Charlotte scientist among select few to win Scialog support for research into next-gen imaging technologies

September 7, 2022
Charlotte researcher Rosario Porras-Aguilar, whose work includes a focus on learning how cancers spread, is one of 21 early career scientists in the United States and Canada to win funding and other support through the Scialog: Advancing Bioimaging initiative.

Architecture professor receives $1 million grant toward commercializing energy-saving windows

September 7, 2022
A major grant from the National Science Foundation will fund the next stage of Professor of Architecture Kyoung Hee Kim’s development of a high-performing window system that reduces building energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.

Alumna Margaret Kocherga catches a unicorn with new technology for organic electronics

August 18, 2022
The founder of startup Margik Inc. leverages Ventureprise success and lands investment from an appearance on “The Unicorn Hunters Show.”

Charlotte ranked among top 10 for entrepreneurship research

August 4, 2022
Research and publication on entrepreneurship by faculty members in UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business has led to the University’s designation among the top 10 institutions on Texas Christian University’s 2022 Global University Entrepreneurship Productivity Rankings.

University researchers partner with Gaston County health officials on groundwater quality project

August 3, 2022
UNC Charlotte researchers and the Gaston County Department of Health and Human Services have created the Gaston Water Map, a website with tools that map known groundwater quality in the county. The site also provides resources on best practices households can use to understand their well water quality.

New study: vaccine protection against COVID-19 short-lived, booster shots important

July 18, 2022
Researchers from Yale School of Public Health and UNC Charlotte have an answer regarding the uncertainty as to how long COVID vaccine protection lasts, and when it might be necessary for individuals to get an additional booster shot. Strong protection following vaccination is short-lived.

UNC Charlotte-led team invents new anticoagulant platform, offering hope for advances for heart surgery, dialysis, other procedures

July 15, 2022
A new biomolecular anticoagulant platform invented by a team led by UNC Charlotte researcher Kirill Afonin holds promise as a revolutionary advancement over the blood thinners currently used during surgeries and other procedures

Education professor receives NSF grant for pioneering research on gifted Black girls

June 8, 2022
Brittany Anderson, assistant professor of urban education in the Cato College of Education, received a $1,062,034 grant from the National Science Foundation for her pioneering research on gifted Black girls.

UNC Charlotte inventions, patents, licenses and startups are driving the innovation economy

June 3, 2022
The influence of UNC Charlotte’s growing research enterprise is solidified in a new report that evaluated the universities in the United States most proficient at creating new knowledge.

New technology creates energy from waves to desalinate ocean water

May 23, 2022
After a spirited five-stage, three-year national competition, a team of UNC Charlotte researchers and students finished second in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Waves to Water Prize for technology

New insight into coral-algae symbiosis aims to help reefs recover from mass bleaching

May 9, 2022
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.

UNC Charlotte history professor named Andrew Carnegie Fellow

April 27, 2022
Mark Wilson will use funding for novel research on U.S. defense industry.