Awards and honors

Savannah Lake is UNC Charlotte’s digital scholarship librarian. She joined the University in January 2021 after working in the publishing industry. Lake was named a 2025 Core Emerging Leader by the American Library Association, placing her in a distinguished national cohort of professionals new to the field of librarianship. Lake discusses this honor and the […]

By Bryson Foster Four UNC Charlotte students from various academic colleges are nominees for the prestigious Truman Scholarship and the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program. Three of the students are part of the Honors College and the Levine Scholars Program . The Truman Scholarship offers up to $30,000 for graduate study for juniors who […]

Harrison Hieb and Whitney Wilson, staff members in Office of University Marketing and Communications, recently won a regional Emmy Award for the video “The Science of Spiders.” Hieb, the video’s cinematographer, and Wilson, its producer, were recognized at the 2025 Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ceremony. The chapter, founded in […]

Erik Byker, a professor in the Cato College of Education Department of Reading and Elementary Education, is among the 2025 recipients of the UNC Board of Governors Awards for Teaching Excellence. Byker, named the University’s 2024 Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence recipient, stated, “My goal is to guide learners toward a transformation from thinking […]

Ya-yu Lo, professor of special education and child development, and her doctoral advisee Morgan Nichols were recognized by the Council for Exceptional Children for their work in the field of emotional and behavioral health. Lo received the North Carolina CEC Distinguished Service Award for the Division of Emotional and Behavioral Health for her research on behavioral […]

Indya Barginere and Violet Drinkwater, students in the Ravin School of Architecture, won an award in the U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored photo contest “Framing the Future: Industrial Technologies.” For the national contest, professional and amateur photographers submitted photos of the innovative technologies, processes and people that will increase competitiveness of the U.S. industrial base and […]

Ishwar Aggarwal, a research professor in physics and optical science, was elected to the National Academy of Inventors 2024 Class of Fellows. He will be inducted during the NAI’s 14th annual meeting in June. Aggarwal, who joined UNC Charlotte in 2011, has been issued 104 U.S. patents with more applications in process. Prior to the University, he […]

The UNC Charlotte Department of Police and Public Safety was awarded dual accreditation at the end of 2024 from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, which includes a rigorous process and renewal every four years.

Manuel Pérez-Quiñones, professor of software and information systems in the College of Computing and Informatics, recently received the 2025 Special Interest Group Computer Science Education Award for distinguished service to the computer science education community. “I have devoted my professional career to providing service to computing education through mentorship and advocacy for all people. It’s […]

Hannah Javidi ’18 is on the 2025 Forbes 30 under 30 list for notable achievements in health care in North America. The magazine recognized her for the creation of a digital program to teach teens about sexual consent and skills. A postdoctoral fellow at Indiana University’s School of Public Health, Javidi earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology […]