News
Click on the months below to view sustainability news at UNC Charlotte. You can also view older news from 2020-2023 below, this page will be updated regularly with news items throughout the year.
April 2024
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
March 2024
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
February 2024
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 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
January 2024
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
2023 Highlights
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
A listing of links to past sustainability news items (2020-2023) can be downloaded here.