Niner Insider

Editor’s Note: This is the final edition of Niner Insider for the spring semester. Starting next week, you will receive only one edition of Niner Insider per week on Mondays. Thanks for reading, and have a great summer!  49ernext program expands UNC Charlotte, the top transfer destination in the UNC System, has expanded its nationally […]

Editor’s Note: Spring Commencement is here! During the ceremonies Thursday, May 8, through Saturday, May 10, UNC Charlotte will confer nearly 6,000 degrees and certificates. Read more about the graduates and the ceremonies in this special edition. Class of 2025: Tassel Turning and Future Focused The members of UNC Charlotte’s spring graduating class are embracing […]

Excellence in Mentoring, Teaching, Civic Engagement and Student Success Celebrated Four outstanding faculty members and the Office of Undergraduate Research were honored at the Spring Faculty Awards ceremony Thursday, May 1, in the Popp Martin Student Union. Read more about the awards and their recipients. what you need to know: faculty and staff what you need […]

$24.9 Million Gift Expands Charlotte’s Transformative Levine Scholars Program With a new gift of $24.9 million, The Leon Levine Foundation is expanding its enduring support for the Levine Scholars Program, UNC Charlotte’s signature merit-based scholarship that attracts top-tier high school students from across the country. what you need to know: faculty and staff what you need […]

Message from Chancellor Gaber Dear Niner Nation, Today marks six years since April 30, 2019 — a day that profoundly shaped our University. We honor the lives of Reed Parlier and Riley Howell, and we recognize the strength of the survivors and all who were impacted by the events of that day. For many in […]

Research Offers New Findings in Effort to Address Kidney Availability First-of-its-kind research from the Belk College of Business aims to improve the availability of kidneys for transplantation by understanding the dynamics that influence clinicians’ individual decisions. Read how it can impact a national problem. what you need to know: faculty and staff what you need to […]

Congratulations, 2025 Staff Employee of the Year Award Recipients The outstanding 2025 Staff Employee of the Year Award recipients were honored for their hard work and dedication to the campus community and beyond at a reception Wednesday, April 23, in the Popp Martin Student Union. Students Solve Global Challenges Brick by Brick Could the design of a […]

Students Solve Global Challenges Brick by Brick Could the design of a brick reduce the spread of malaria? A UNC Charlotte course cross-listed between architecture and civil engineering challenges conventional thinking and explores the untapped potential of the humble brick. Lexue Zhao Named Student Employee of the Year With more than 31,000 students enrolled at UNC […]

The Great Cellular Heist: H5N1 Adapts for a Human Host H5N1 is no longer just a threat to poultry farms. It’s a fast-evolving virus with a growing ability to infect mammals — including cows and humans — and scientists at UNC Charlotte have the data to prove it. what you need to know: faculty and staff […]

$2 million For the love of Charlotte Bo Cauble ’99 and his wife Angie have given an incredible $2 million to UNC Charlotte — one of the largest alumni gifts of 2025 — to support the University’s most immediate and strategic needs. Read more about their transformational gift. what you need to know: faculty and Staff what […]