Research

Kirill Afonin, Margaret Quinlan honored for research and mentoring excellence

Charlotte faculty members Kirill Afonin and Margaret Quinlan are the 2023 recipients of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal and the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award, respectively.

Advanced computing at UNC Charlotte indicates current antibodies effective against newly emergent SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5

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A team at UNC Charlotte’s Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks and Tuple, a Charlotte-based genomics consulting firm, has used artificial intelligence to rapidly assess the public health implications of the newly emergent SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5 variant.

Researchers examined social media response to 2019 campus shooting

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Faculty members from the College of Health and Human Services and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences studied the social media response to the campus shooting that occurred in April 2019.

Charlotte, Yale School of Public Health research study says annual or biannual COVID-19 boosters optimal for fighting COVID

Updated boosters administered on an annual or biannual basis greatly reduce the long-term risk of infection from endemic COVID-19.

Division of Research and business partners celebrate successes

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UNC Charlotte’s business and innovation partners returned to the University Wednesday, Dec. 7, after a three-year, pandemic-related hiatus for the Research and Business Partners Celebration hosted by the Division of Research.

Labor market strong, inflation persists into 2023

The gap between the consumer price index for all urban consumers and the Fed Funds Rate remains too wide to reflect progress toward inflation reduction, according to John Connaughton, director of the North Carolina Economic Forecast.

From rural Texas to the national spotlight: The making of an equity researcher

Brittany Anderson, a recent recipient of a CAREER National Science Foundation grant for her pioneering research on gifted Black girls in early STEM education. In her rise to national prominence, she has never forgotten the historical legacies of the places she came from.

Reducing recidivism through coaching

UNC Charlotte researchers are piloting a novel approach they hope will break the cycle of recidivism leading to a new national model for parole and probation practices.

Antibody invented at Charlotte shows promise for pancreatic cancer treatment

An antibody that was invented at UNC Charlotte could be used to curb pancreatic cancer relapse and metastasis, a new UNC Charlotte study has found.

Economics researcher connects teleworking, productivity

Nearly a decade before the pandemic pushed telework to the forefront of business, Belk College of Business Associate Professor Krista Saral was focusing her research on the topic.