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UNC Charlotte has made the Princeton Review’s 2025 Guide to Green Colleges, an annual publication that recognizes academic institutions that foster a culture of environmental responsibility and demonstrate a commitment to sustainability.

UNC Charlotte’s Cone University Center, Room 112, is now open for the early voting period if you are registered to vote in Mecklenburg County! You can vote early from now until Saturday, Nov. 2. You will need an approved photo ID to vote. UNC Charlotte physical 49er ID cards are an approved photo ID; 49er […]

With record student success and research expenditures, UNC Charlotte is a university on the move, and national publications are taking notice. This includes a few recent national rankings of note in sustainability, including Times Higher Education 2024 International Impact Rankings and Princeton Review’s “Guide to Green Colleges 2025”.

WSOC-TV takes a behind-the-scenes look at Charlotte’s Zero Waste Stadium initiative.

Charlotte’s faculty and staff are promoting a culture of sustainability on campus through the Sustainability Ambassadors program. Forty employees participated in the program’s inaugural cohort in 2023-24, and were recognized recently for their efforts at a campus celebration.  

Sustainability has been a point of emphasis for the Student Government Association and the current administration headed by President Isaiah Grayson. “It’s important for students to get involved in growing the sustainability initiatives on campus because it’s our campus, a place a lot of us call home,” Grayson said. This past spring, Grayson appointed Sonia […]

Zero waste is an ambitious goal that Charlotte’s Office of Sustainability is achieving through the Zero Waste Stadium initiative with help from volunteers, including students from the Honors College.

October is Campus Sustainability Month, an international celebration of sustainability in higher education. UNC Charlotte’s Office of Sustainability has published a list of campus and community events to celebrate

Want to create lasting change on campus? Join the Office of Sustainability and representatives from the Student Government Association during the Student Sustainability Summit, scheduled for 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 3, in Cone University Center, Lucas Room.

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 […]