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Nov 18 – Charlotte ranks as N.C.’s No. 1 degree producer for minority students for 2024

Nov 15 – UNC Charlotte earns recognition in the 2025 Princeton Review of Green Colleges

Nov 12 – UNC Charlotte recognized with merit award from Professional Grounds Management Society

Nov 11 – Belk College research, collaboration key to solutions

Nov 7 – Achievements of faculty, staff and students recognized as Charlotte celebrates a record year for research

Nov 6 – Niners Bike Team Supports Sustain Charlotte’s Biketoberfest

Nov 6 – Professors’ Art Installation Plunges Viewers into a Kelp Forest

Oct 30 – Election support services offered for students

Oct 25 – UNC Charlotte featured in Princeton Review 2025 Guide to Green Colleges

Oct 21 – It is time, vote early in the 2024 election

Oct 20 – Opinion: Hurricane Helene’s impact should be a wake up call to adapt to and address climate change

Oct – Charlotte: Rising Star in New National Rankings (including Princeton Review’s Green Colleges 2025)

Oct 15 – New bioinformatics research article focuses on global effort to stress the importance of viruses in soil

Oct 7 – WSOC-TV: Charlotte’s Zero Waste Stadium Initiative

Oct 7 – Zero Waste Stadium Initiative Continues to Succeed 

Oct 7 – Faculty and Staff Promote a Culture of Sustainability through Ambassadors Program

Oct 7 – SGA Leads Student Sustainability on Campus

Oct 4 – 2024 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award

Oct 3 – UrbanCore Highlighted in New Academic White Paper

Sept. 19 – Celebrate Campus Sustainability Month

Sept. 19 – Make Positive Changes on Campus: Participate in the Student Sustainability Summit

Sept 13 – Paving the Way for Sustainable Solutions

Sept 11 – Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Recognizes UNC Charlotte

Sept 11 – UNC Charlotte Recognized for Excellence in Student Voter Registration, Turnout During the 2022 Midterm Elections

Sept 11 – Annual Fall Plan Sale Scheduled

Sept 9 – UNC Charlotte Ranks No. 9 in U.S. for Promoting Free Expression

Sept 8 – UNC Charlotte Recognized with Green Fleet Award

Aug 28 – Owen Cooks Appointed Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Management

Aug 21 – Architectural History Professor Receives Grant from Graham Foundation

Aug 15 – CCI professors receive NIH grant to develop mobile health technology

Aug 12 – Healing the planet one piece at a time: Charlotte Youth Climate Summit hosts sustainable art exhibition

Aug 12 – Bernadette Donovan-Merkert Named Founding Dean of the College of Science

Aug 10 – 10,000th Rehabilitated Raptor Released on Campus

Aug 9 – Meet Jessica Barthel

Aug – Feeding the Future of West Boulevard

Aug – Constructing the ABCs of Arts Advocacy

July 22 – $1.5M UNCG-led collaborative will focus on clean energy innovations using natural products (featuring three UNC Charlotte faculty)

July 18 – As heat broils the city, Charlotte Heat Mappers seek out the hottest neighborhoods

July 16 – Taking a Deeper Dive into CIPHER’s New Podcast

July 11 – UNC Charlotte Earns IPMI Reaccreditation as an Accredited Parking Organization (APO) with Distinction

July 10 – Charlotte Has a New Waste-Hauling Contractor

July 9 – Doctoral Students Recognized with Dissertation Award

June 24 – Charlotte Receives Global Recognition for Sustainability Impact

June 20 – Young Women in STEM Excel at Global Science Fair

June 19 – Communications Studies Professor Named Associate Faculty Director for Levine Scholars Program

June 18 – Engineering Graduate Programs Recognized by U.S. News & World Report

June 10 – Denise Balfour Simpson Named Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students

June 2 – Charlotte’s Marine Energy Collegiate Competition team attends their first competition May 20-23

June 2- Charlotte Sculptor Marries Art and Science in Artwork that Brings Attention to Flood Risks

May 28 – Get to Know: Trent Barnes

May 23 – Architecture Professor’s New Work Examines Enclosed, Air-Conditioned Spaces

May 21 – NCInnovation Awards Pilot Grants to Two Charlotte Researchers

May 8 – Charlotte Recognizes 20 Students for Numerous University Achievements

May – Exploring Sticky Science

May 6 – Meet Jennifer Munroe

May 6 – Moving Across the Globe – Making Industry Impact

May 6 – MBA Students Use Class Concepts to Find Recycling Solutions

May 2 – New Queen Bee arrives at UNC Charlotte

April 26 – UNC Charlotte hosts 2024 Women’s Summit: A reflection of community and empowerment

April 26 – Founding Dean of the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences Named

April 18 – WellWithAll Invests $100,000 to Support Mental Health Resources at UNC Charlotte

April 16 – Charlotte American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) wins big at annual Carolinas Student Symposium

April 16 – UNC Charlotte Researchers to Lead Community Science Heat Mapping Campaign

April 9 – U.S. News Ranks Charlotte Among Top Graduate Schools in 2024 List

April 5 – Resilience Reimagined: A Fireside Chat with Demond Martin ’97 and Jay Williams

April 4 – UNC Charlotte celebrates Earth Month with events throughout April 2024

April 1 – Meet Will Russo

Mar 28 – Get to Know: Jenny Washam

Mar 26 – Green Buildings at UNC Charlotte

Mar 25 – Niners Recycle Right

Mar 25 – Meet Josue Hurtado

Mar 25 – Annual Spring Plan Sale Scheduled

Mar 22 – Celebrate Earth Month with UNC Charlotte

Mar 21 – NC Science Festival and Charlotte Kids Fest Coming to Campus April 14

Mar 14 – Social 704 Awarded Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Project Implementation

Mar 13 – Two UNC Charlotte Students Nominated for the Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Mar 7 – Be Part of the Solution: Participate in the Student Sustainability Summit

Mar 5 – Lime Scoots to UNC Charlotte

Mar 4 – Two Charlotte Students Advance as Truman Finalists

Mar 1 – In-State Tuition Remains Flat for 8th Consecutive Year for In-State Undergraduates

Feb 20 – Feedback Needed for Loy H. Witherspoon Center for Meditation and Reflection

Feb 19 – Former Charlotte Mayor Harvey B. Gantt Shares Lessons on Leadership and Accomplishing Great Things

Feb 16 – Artist Nicole Shaver Intentionally Gathers Rocks, Artifacts, and Art in “Erratic Accretion”

Feb – Data Driven: UNC Charlotte’s Urban Institute is empowering communities to push for inclusive change

Feb – Electrifying Innovation: UNC Charlotte’s Research Center flies to the future of energy technology

Feb – Hope + Health: Levine Scholar Kayla Walker explains her mission to empower women through community-based health education

Feb 8 – UNC Charlotte and the CLEANcarolinas Team Lead Community Conversations on Offshore Wind Energy

Feb 8 – New recycling compost program launched in Fretwell to reduce paper waste

Feb 5 – Annual Botanical Gardens Orchid Sale Scheduled

Jan 25 – Young Alumni Advancing in their Fields and Communities

Jan 19 – Five Talks Scheduled for Annual Great Decisions Lectures

Jan 12 – A Mind and Spirit for Public Good

Jan 8 – ‘An Evening with Harvey Gantt’ Headlines Niner Nation King Week 2024

Jan 8 – UNC Charlotte Announces Niner Nation King Week Events, Jan. 12-19

Jan 4 – UNC Charlotte Joins NSF I-Corps Hub Mid-Atlantic Region

Dec 13 – Princeton Review Selects UNC Charlotte for its 2024 ‘Guide to Green Colleges’

Dec 8 – Getting Our Hands Dirty for Good: How UNC Charlotte Keeps Its Zero Waste Stadium Promise

Nov 30 – UNC Charlotte and North Carolina Research Center: An Innovative Partnership

Nov 16 – Raj Chetty Visits UNC Charlotte to Talk Economic Mobility Years After Groundbreaking Study

Oct. 11 – UNC Charlotte Receives National Diversity Award for Second Consecutive Year

Oct 6 – Researchers Exploring a More Secure, Reliable Power Grid with UNC System Support

Sept 13 – Recycling team: Turning Styrofoam into gold

June 27 – Charlotte recognized in 2023 Times Higher Education International Impact Rankings

June 20 – UNC Charlotte earns STARS Silver Rating for sustainability achievements

June 1 – North Carolina BATT CAVE Research Center to accelerate innovations in batteries

May 9 – Solving UNC Charlotte Bird Collisions One Building at a Time

April 2 – UNC Charlotte Celebrates Earth Month Throughout April

March 22 – University Recreation Center Awarded Certificate of Merit for Design

February 13 – Niner Developed EV Battery Charging Station Wins Clean Cities Award

February 7 – UNC Charlotte Holds Student Sustainability Summit

January 25 – The Climb from Charlotte to Patagonia