Research
Architecture students’ 9 predictions for the future resulting from COVID-19
When the coronavirus pandemic hit in the middle of the spring semester, it added a new layer of significance to the assignments in Assistant Professor of Architectural History Lidia Klein’s spring seminar. The curriculum for the graduate course, “Architecture and Production: From Assembly Line to 3-D Printing,” challenged students to investigate “changes in methods of architectural production from the 19th century to the present,” placing those changes “within social, political, cultural and economic contexts.”
Researchers recognized with best journal article award
Janni Sorensen, who established the Charlotte Action Research Project at UNC Charlotte, and UNC Charlotte doctoral alumna Melissa Anne Currie ’15 were recognized for outstanding scholarship and service in the field of urban affairs as recipients of the 2020 Best Article in the Journal of Urban Affairs Award.
NEA grant to fund arts-based social mobility research
An interdisciplinary team from UNC Charlotte has received a $29,000 Research Grant in the Arts from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for the project, “Arts-based social mobility: Exploring cultural capital in Charlotte, N.C.”
Belk College of Business Doctorate in Business Administration program awards its first degrees
UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business has awarded doctorates to the first graduates of its Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) program.
Architecture students accepted into international research program
Two graduate students in the University’s School of Architecture were accepted to the Center of Leadership Development in Built Environment Sustainability, a nine-month program to support research and professional training activities sponsored by Louisiana State University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the University of Macau and the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers.
New UNC Charlotte podcast to support college athletes’ mental health
NCAA grant helps launch project to help athletes manage school and sports.
Cat math: The physics of falling felines
How do cats always land on their feet? Science is showing how.
Education Research Symposium successfully goes virtual
The Cato College of Education Research Symposium showcases the research of both faculty and graduate students; this year’s inaugural event was held virtually.
Engineering students awarded NSF research fellowships
Patrick Bounds and Marc Duemmler, Mechanical Engineering students in the Lee College of Engineering, recently were awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
Economic forecast: ‘sluggish growth’ for rest of 2020
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.