News and Features

UNC Charlotte’s faculty members are quoted often and widely in the news media about current topics, ranging from the presidential transition to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and the dangers of misinformation in social media.

Catrine Tudor-Locke, dean of the College of Health and Human Services, is among the University’s newest academic leaders.

Robert Keynton, dean of the William States Lee College of Engineering, is among UNC Charlotte’s newest academic leaders.

Brook Muller, dean of the College of Arts + Architecture, is among UNC Charlotte’s newest academic leaders. He arrived in fall 2019 from the University of Oregon, where he was director of the Portland Architecture Program and a professor in the Architecture Department

Building on a commitment to fight hunger and raise awareness for food insecurity throughout the communities it serves, Harris Teeter has partnered with UNC Charlotte to support the Jamil Niner Student Pantry with a $100,000 gift.

Charlotte 49ers defensive back Nafees Lyon, who had a six-year career with the 49ers, has signed as a free agent with the Edmonton Football Team of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Students in two Department of Art & Art History graphic design classes have created text animations for award-winning composer Lisa Bielawa’s COVID-era composition, “Broadcast from Home.”

UNC Charlotte’s Energy Production and Infrastructure Center receives a $3.6 million grant to support efforts to lower solar electricity costs, increase the competitiveness of American solar manufacturing and improve grid reliability.

UNC Charlotte is responding to the greater Charlotte region’s employment needs with three new degree programs and five new graduate certificate programs that are relevant to the current and future job market.

Five College of Arts + Architecture professors are receiving grants from the Arts & Science Council (ASC) in the most recent round of funding allocations. Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Audrey Baran, Assistant Professor of Architecture Rachel Dickey and Associate Professor of Painting Andrew Leventis were named Artist Support Grant recipients.

Get to know Belk College of Business Dean Jennifer Troyer

Candace Chambers, a Ph.D. student in Curriculum and Instruction, is among the literacy leaders named to the International Literacy Association’s 2021 30 Under 30 list. The global list celebrates rising innovators, disruptors and visionaries in the literacy field.