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Research is fundamental to the mission of UNC Charlotte. New knowledge and creative works change the world and shape the future of the University. Charlotte values research in all its forms, including scholarly inquiry, discovery, exploration, innovation, entrepreneurship, creative activities, community engagement and/or interdisciplinary endeavors.

UNC Charlotte’s research endeavors are distinct:

  • Among the 229 public doctoral-granting research universities in the United States, 124 hold the Carnegie Community Engaged University classification. Carnegie’s community engagement classification signifies that UNC Charlotte collaborates with its larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in the context of partnership and reciprocity
  • UNC Charlotte is among the 80 public universities that have earned the APLU's Innovation and Economic Prosperity designation. The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities designation recognizes that UNC Charlotte has demonstrated a meaningful, ongoing and substantial commitment to economic and community development, growth and economic opportunity

Significant research activities are focused in UNC System recognized centers and institutes. And in 2023, Charlotte launched 12 new pilot centers to foster synergistic research initiatives. In 2022, Ventureprise became the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

‘Biblical Porn’ researcher to keynote ‘Sex and Religion’ conference

March 11, 2019
Jessica Johnson from the University of Washington will be the plenary speaker for the third annual conference “Sex and Religion,” scheduled for Saturday, March 16, at UNC Charlotte Center City. The conference, which is organized by graduate students of the UNC Charlotte Religious Studies Department, is an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students nationwide to share their research...

Forum to explore applying technology for social good

March 6, 2019
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Tata Consultancy Services, in partnership with the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance, North Carolina Technology Association and the Research and Economic Development Office at UNC Charlotte, will hold the second Digital Empowers regional forum on Wednesday, March 13.

UNC Charlotte researcher studied landscape evolution in Antarctica

February 20, 2019
Antarctica’s unique climate enticed UNC Charlotte earth sciences researcher Martha Cary Eppes and research colleagues to spend weeks camping in a tent in sub-zero temperatures to literally monitor and listen to rocks as they fractured.

Lewis to research black girlhood during National Humanities Center residency

February 13, 2019
Associate Professor of English Janaka Bowman Lewis will spend four weeks this summer in residency at the National Humanities Center in the Research Triangle Park, working on the project, “Black Girlhood and the Power of Belonging.” Lewis will join a select group of about 40 scholars from across the nation who were chosen to conduct research in residency at the center.

Glass ceiling is more extensive than previously thought, study shows

February 12, 2019
Men hold nearly all primary breadwinning positions in top income households, and the glass ceiling that has hindered women’s advancement in the workplace is more extensive than previously thought, a new study by UNC Charlotte researcher Jill Yavorsky and colleagues finds.

Finalists for vice chancellor for research and economic development to give presentations

January 31, 2019
The search committee for the position of vice chancellor for research and economic development has selected three finalists: Pradeep Haldar, Kelly Rusch and Richard Tankersley. Members of the campus community are invited to attend candidate presentations, which will be in February. Rusch, executive director, North Dakota EPSCoR, and professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,...

Rogelberg talks the science of meetings on CBS This Morning

January 22, 2019
Steven Rogelberg is used to being in front of large groups of people to talk about his research on meetings. But recently, he had the chance to reach perhaps his largest audience yet as a guest on CBS This Morning.

Apply for Ventureprise NSF I-Corps cohort

January 18, 2019
Ventureprise is accepting applications from UNC Charlotte students, faculty and staff for the spring 2019 NSF I-Corps cohort.  The program, funded by the National Science Foundation, helps participants bridge academic and entrepreneurial knowledge.

Use science to conduct better meetings – 8 tips to get started

January 2, 2019
Most meetings end with attendees wondering what was accomplished. In 2019, leaders everywhere or pretty much anyone who interacts with others should resolve to read “The Surprising Science of Meetings” by UNC Charlotte’s Steven Rogelberg. The Washington Post recently listed it No. 1 for leadership books to watch for in 2019.

Ph.D. student receives national health and disability fellowship

December 19, 2018
Erin Vinoski Thomas, a fourth year Ph.D. candidate in the UNC Charlotte Department of Public Health Sciences, received the National Association of County and City Health Departments’ (NACCHO) 2018-19 Health and Disability Fellowship.

Ojaide wins international Soyinka Prize for Literature

December 17, 2018
Tanure Ojaide, the Frank Graham Porter Professor of Africana Studies, is co-recipient of the 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa.

Economic growth continues, approaching longest expansion on record

December 12, 2018
The economy of the United States and North Carolina continues to accelerate and could be headed into the longest economic expansion on record within the next six months, UNC Charlotte professor and economist John Connaughton said.