Belk College of Business

UNC Charlotte’s School of Data Science, North Carolina’s first undergraduate program in data science, is now enrolling undergraduate students for the fall semester.

Betsabe Rojas, a first-generation college student, leverages her immigrant culture to pursue a career in foreign affairs.

John Connaughton, Barings Professor of Financial Economics at UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business, is forecasting an extended period of “sluggish growth” for the state’s economy in 2020. 

Jeremiah Canty ’19 found the right fit at UNC Charlotte. The Belk College of Business marketing major wanted to attend college in a metropolitan area that not only offered his major but that had a diverse population.

Business professors George Banks and Janaki Gooty are at the forefront of cutting-edge scientific research to better understand the specific behaviors effective leaders use to gain workers’ support toward a shared vision and commitment. They talk about why it’s important to study leadership in this Q&A.

UNC Charlotte has opened the Carolinas’ first School of Data Science. This interdisciplinary school allows UNC Charlotte to expand on its programs in the field and open up the growing and diverse field of data science to students with varied career interests.

John Connaughton, Barings Professor of Financial Economics in UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business, stated the nation and state’s economic growth will continue in 2020.

After nine years as dean of the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte, Steven Ott has announced his intention to step down from his post on Oct. 15. Ott has served as the dean of Belk College since 2011.

The economy of the United States and North Carolina, as of July 2019, is now experiencing the longest economic expansion since 1854. While at a modest rate, the national and state economies do continue to grow, and this consistent, decade-long expansion is significant, UNC Charlotte professor and economist John Connaughton said.

Virtually every day, millions of children and adolescents are being bombarded by sexually explicit direct-to-consumer advertising, despite pharmaceutical CEOs’ claims to the contrary.