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The Center for Graduate Life is sponsoring “Hacking the Academic Job Market.” This one-hour webinar, followed by a question-and-answer period, is scheduled for 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 19, in the Cone University Center, Room 268.

The numbers are in and UNC Charlotte remains the third-largest university in the UNC System, upholding its dynamic transformation to become North Carolina’s urban research university.

New employees learn about University’s relationship with the Queen City.

Support sought to give more first-year students the UTOP experience.

With the popular International Festival, an action-packed Kids Fest, the 5th Annual #NinerNationGives, Homecoming and more, UNC Charlotte has your next several weeks covered.

See the progress on UNC Charlotte's latest construction projects.

The economy of the United States and North Carolina, as of July 2019, is now experiencing the longest economic expansion since 1854. While at a modest rate, the national and state economies do continue to grow, and this consistent, decade-long expansion is significant, UNC Charlotte professor and economist John Connaughton said.

Children and their families attending the third annual Kids Fest in October will be entertained as much as they are educated with performances by groups such as UNC Charlotte’s Codachrome A Cappella and the Queen City Circus.

A small group of children walk out of the Atrium Health University City hospital cafeteria and head directly to the crafts table. Volunteer students from UNC Charlotte’s School of Social Work greet them with smiling faces and art supplies in hand. A loud buzz fills the lobby as only the voices of young kids can do, while little hands craft get well soon cards for hospital patients.

The fourth annual Butterfly Affair: An Evening to Support the UNC Charlotte Collegiate Recovery Community is scheduled for 6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 27. 

Identifying students who would benefit from academically gifted services is the subject of a recent study by a team of education scholars, including Cato College of Education professor Michael Matthews.

On Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 11 a.m. to noon, students will gather at the Star Quad to take turns reading the U.S. Constitution. All are welcome at the event, which is the University’s annual commemoration of Constitution Day.