Academics

In Award-winning Course Students Solve Global Challenges Brick by Brick

What if the design of a brick could reduce the spread of malaria? That question lies at the heart of the course “Building Health: Resilient Building Materials for Global Health & Sustainability.” Cross-listed between architecture and civil engineering and developed collaboratively by architecture professor Liz McCormick and civil engineering professor Brett Tempest, “Building Health” challenges conventional architectural thinking […]

Charlotte Green Initiative and SGA host the Sustainability Summit to promote environmental awareness

The Office of Sustainability, the Charlotte Green Initiative (CGI) and the Student Government Association (SGA) hosted the Sustainability Summit, allowing students to engage with researchers, student leaders and local organizations about UNC Charlotte’s ecological efforts.

Sustainability in Teaching

Categories: Academics, Earth Month, News

Did you know that the Office of Sustainability organizes sustainability in the curriculum workshops for faculty? Each spring for the past 10 years, UNC Charlotte faculty have led multi-day workshops to help colleagues network across disciplines, share ideas and discover new resources and pathways to incorporate sustainability into their courses.

Be the force of change on campus and beyond: Participate in the Student Sustainability Summit

Curious about how trees and landscapes affect UNC Charlotte and the Charlotte region?  Attend this semester’s Student Sustainability Summit to learn from campus researchers, student leaders and Charlotte-based organizations about trees and landscapes on campus and in the Charlotte region.

Western North Carolina Neighbors Need Help. Niner Engineers Are Designing Solutions

Categories: Academics, News, Research

Hurricane Helene victims in western North Carolina desperately need access back to their community. UNC Charlotte students and Ashe County volunteers are partnering together to provide them that access.

Creating Guardians of the Environment

Over recent years, the number of students interested in preserving and protecting the environment has significantly increased. Likewise, North Carolina industry is demanding more licensed engineers and solutions that support green production, processes and the environment.  To address these trends, in 2023 William States Lee College of Engineering hired nationally-respected researcher and hydrologist Glenn Moglen […]

Paving the Way for Sustainable Solutions

Felix Fiifi Ekuful, a master’s student in construction and facilities engineering, embodies the spirit of innovation and collaboration that resonates with the University. For Ekuful, his summer internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was a transformative chapter. “The experience solidified my passion for driving meaningful change in energy efficiency and confirmed my commitment to leading […]

Princeton Review Selects UNC Charlotte for its 2024 Guide to Green Colleges

UNC Charlotte again is on Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges, an annual publication that recognizes academic institutions’ sustainability-related policies, practices and programs. UNC Charlotte is one of 522 colleges included in the 2024 edition. This unranked list is based on reporting from university administrators on an institution’s sustainability-related academic offerings, campus initiatives, policies, practices and incentives […]