Scholarship and Academic Life

When most people think of translating, they may think of key phrases necessary when visiting a foreign country. Often, that work is simplified through free translator apps, helping travelers navigate language barriers. That process, however, is far from the work of professional literary translators, including the award-winning work of Asa Yoneda, UNC Charlotte instructor of […]

With a new gift of $24.9 million, The Leon Levine Foundation is expanding its enduring support for the Levine Scholars Program, UNC Charlotte’s signature merit-based scholarship that attracts top-tier high school students from across the country. “This program continues to reflect the very best of what higher education can offer — opportunity, leadership and the […]

UNC Charlotte’s Levine Scholars Program has selected 20 exceptional young leaders from across the United States for the 16th class of the University’s most competitive academic scholarship. The scholars will join UNC Charlotte in fall 2025. The University’s premier merit-based scholarship is valued at approximately $124,000 per North Carolina student and $187,000 for each student […]

Janaka B. Lewis,  associate dean of curriculum and success and professor of English in the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences, has been selected to join the 2025-26 class of Fellows for the American Council on Education. She is one of 25 Fellows chosen from a nationwide pool to identify emerging leaders in higher […]

By Bryson Foster ’23 For Army ROTC Cadet Betty Nguy, a passion for the military was ignited with a desire to provide for her family. Nguy, whose parents immigrated to the United States from South Vietnam, moved their family to Charlotte from Portland, Oregon, when she was very young. “I grew up in a low-income […]

Marissa Nesbit, associate professor of dance education, and dance education student Chloe Gosline co-authored “Finding Truths Through Fiction: Reflecting on Young Adult Literature in Dance Educator Preparation,” recently published in the journal Dance Education in Practice. The article explores the value of incorporating young adult novels into the curriculum for the course Dance Education Methods […]

Five UNC Charlotte students received funding to cover their spring 2025 tuition as winners of the University Career Center’s fourth annual Niner Career Challenge. The winners of the grand prize drawing were Grace Asaad, a junior computer science major; India Clark, a senior exercise science major; Ranaroath Mey, a senior health systems management major; Abhilash […]

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 […]

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 […]

Franz W. Kellermanns, a faculty member in the Belk College of Business, again ranked first in the nation and fourth worldwide for family business research in an annual assessment by Texas State University. UNC Charlotte earned the No. 2 spot nationally and was ninth among universities worldwide. Texas State University released the Family Business Research Productivity […]