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April is Earth Month, and UNC Charlotte’s Office of Sustainability has released a full lineup of campus and community events to mark the occasion. Students, faculty and staff are invited to take part in signature traditions such as the Earth Day Festival, Campus Beautification Day and Student Garden Day. “Earth Month provides an important opportunity […]

Over spring break, Bill Garcia, senior lecturer in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, and Department Chair Sara Gagné, led a nine-day journey across Kenya, exploring cutting-edge conservation practices in Nairobi and the greater Serengeti-Maasai Mara ecosystem. “For our students, this course was a transformative experience, connecting classroom concepts to real-world conservation efforts,” said Garcia. […]

Facilities management is adding two new leaders to its leadership team. Chad Carwein has been appointed campus sustainability officer, and Kent Reid has been named senior director of planning, design, and construction and university architect. Both appointments take effect March 23. Carwein joins UNC Charlotte with more than a decade of experience advancing sustainability in […]

Learn about solutions to combat food waste and insecurity at the spring Student Sustainability Summit, from 5:45 to 7:45 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, in EPIC Building, Room 3222.  The theme of this semester’s summit, sponsored by the Student Government Association and UNC Charlotte’s Office of Sustainability, is food circularity. Guest speakers from Chartwells and the […]

Fushcia Ann-Hoover, assistant professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, spends a lot of time thinking about humans’ relationship to the planet.  A former postdoctoral fellow at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, Hoover also served as a Harvard-Salata Climate Justice Fellow. For five years at UNC Charlotte, she has encouraged students to […]

Logan David, a junior civil engineering major, has made sustainability a core part of his UNC Charlotte experience. Growing up in a small town, environmental stewardship was always important to David, and moving to an urban University has only magnified that sense of responsibility.  For nearly three years, he has worked for the Office of […]

Mike Lizotte, UNC Charlotte’s sustainability officer, has championed environmental stewardship since joining the University in 2013. After more than a decade of leadership, Lizotte recently announced his retirement, effective May 1. “Mike’s leadership has elevated our sustainability efforts to a national level,” said Owen Cooks, associate vice chancellor for facilities management. “He brought a spirit […]

Colleen Hammelman, an associate professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, was selected as UNC Charlotte’s nominee for the 2025 Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service. The nomination recognizes Hammelman’s years of dedicated service. Since joining the University in 2017, she has advanced community-engaged research and teaching […]

Five UNC Charlotte faculty members have been named to the 2026 class of Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors, a recognition honoring academic inventors whose work has made a measurable impact through patents, commercialization and mentorship. The honorees represent disciplines across the University’s research enterprise:

Students were seen sifting through piles of fabric and designing quilt squares in the J. Murrey Atkins Library Makerspace on Tuesday, Feb. 17. The Office of Sustainability collaborated with the library to host Quilting for Climate Change, an event spreading across the nation to raise awareness about the effects of the climate crisis.