Research

Two UNC Charlotte researchers are recipients of new grants from NCInnovation for the promise of their pioneering work to be commercially viable and its potential to propel economic growth in North Carolina.  Babak Parkhideh, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, William States Lee College of Engineering, and Rosario Porras-Aguilar, associate professor of physics and […]

Nearly 100 undergraduate students recently took the stage at UNC Charlotte’s 2025 Honors Research Symposium, filling The Dubois Center at Center City with fresh ideas and discoveries. This annual event, hosted by the Honors College in partnership with the Office of Undergraduate Research, gave honors and OUR students a professional platform to present their work […]

At one of the largest Niner Research Reception gatherings to date — and the first since UNC Charlotte received designation as a Carnegie R1 University — faculty, staff and students celebrated a year of vibrant, multifaceted research and innovation led by researchers, collaborators and graduate and undergraduate students.  “It is truly inspiring to see such […]

Charlotte’s rapid growth has created persistent, strong demand for housing. While supply has started to catch up with demand, and income growth has helped, affordable housing has hovered out of reach for many in the region, according to the State of Housing in Charlotte 2025 report. “Rapid growth inevitably leads to persistent and strong demand […]

Charlotte Douglas International Airport and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on research, innovation and workforce development initiatives that will accelerate the future of aviation in the Charlotte region and beyond.  The partnership unites CLT’s operational expertise and UNC Charlotte’s research leadership to explore and […]

When Shen-en Chen learned about UNC Charlotte alumni who were living through the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, he felt a strong desire to help.

UNC Charlotte’s efforts to build an energy innovation hub for the Carolinas continue to gain national momentum. The University’s Carolinas Engine for Grid Modernization has been named one of 15 finalists in the U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines competition, advancing to a full site visit from more than 300 initial applicants. The […]

North Carolina’s economy is projected to see sustained growth through the rest of 2025 and into 2026, but businesses should prepare for uncertainties from federal policy decisions and the state’s recovery from Hurricane Helene. This outlook comes from the latest North Carolina Economic Forecast published by the UNC Charlotte Belk College of Business. North Carolina’s […]

UNC Charlotte, in partnership with the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, welcomes statewide biomedical and biotechnology leaders Monday, Sept. 15, for the 2025 Biomedical Sciences Symposium at The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City. Kicking off North Carolina Life Sciences Week, Sept. 15-19, “The Biomedical Sciences Symposium: Presenting New Breakthroughs and Exploring New Horizons and […]

UNC Charlotte researcher Danillo Augusto, Ph.D., was recently awarded a $3.7 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health for an immunomics project that is using a new approach to study human immune response and autoimmune diseases.  Augusto and his research team are employing a novel method using long-read sequencing technology, a first-of-its-kind of research […]