Feature Stories

Graduates in green caps and gowns celebrate at a UNC Charlotte commencement ceremony inside a packed arena, as green and white streamers fall from the ceiling above a cheering crowd.

Class of 2025: Tassel turning and future focused

The members of UNC Charlotte’s spring graduating class are embracing the future as they kick-start careers, head to graduate school, broaden their horizons through travel or moving to a new city, and adventurously ask, “What’s next?”

The Great Cellular Heist: H5N1 Adapts for a Human Host

New research offers implications for a vaccine to combat avian flu

Hey Siri, did my dad take his medicine?

UNC Charlotte AI tech breaks ground, bridges oceans in real-time health care analysis

A student sits in the stands of Halton Arena, working on a laptop displaying data analysis, with the empty basketball court visible in the background.

Data-driven edge:

Sports analytics at Charlotte

From Spreadsheets to Dog Treats


From Spreadsheets to Dog Treats:

How a Niner Swapped Data for Dogs

University Launches Largest Campaign in History

For the Love of Charlotte builds powerful momentum, achieving remarkable milestones.

ANGEL IN THE INFIELD Defying the odds, 49er Cori Henderson Hoffler finds her balance in faith, resilience and softball By:…

Measured Success Across four decades, CPM’s chief engineer, Jimmie Miller, has had a front-row seat for Charlotte’s rise to international…

Constructing the ABCs of arts advocacy Nontraditional student Sarah Vojnovich is using her personal experience to help museums improve accessibility,…

SPACES SPEAK Genealogical research led by Alyssa Brady, the inaugural graduate in the Master of Science in Architecture Critical Heritage…

Driven to Innovate Entrepreneur Igor Jablokov ’01 MBA is reducing the distance between people and information through artificial intelligence By:…

Feeding the future of West Boulevard urbanCORE, UNC Charlotte’s hub for urban research and community engagement, led a 10-month participatory…

THE POWER OF PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH Guy Cousins, Beverly Clark, Brenda Campbell and Thomas Farrow are among community leaders in…

GUARDIANS AND LEADERS Mission Possible: ROTC graduates are Army and Space Force action ready By: JENNIFER HOWE To prepare for…

Taking teaching and learning to the next level with AI Adjunct lecturer Sidney Beeman, right, works with faculty colleagues at…

Six Niners top CBJ’s Most Admired CEO Awards. Charlotte Business Journal’s (CBJ) Most Admired CEO Awards program highlights top leaders…

COMMUNITY • WELLNESS • PURPOSE Photo, top, Demond Martin and chairman/co-founder of Improbable Media and ESPN host Jay Williams, during…

Purpose in Parallel For more than 30 years, Kia Martin ’98 has built upon shared values with her husband Demond…