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After seeing a drop in April and May due to the COVID-19 pandemic, single-family home sales in the Charlotte region are surging back, according to an update from UNC Charlotte’s Childress Klein Center for Real Estate (CKCRE), part of the Belk College of Business.

Go the (social) distance, the return of “Rotney the Magnifiscent” and NASCAR royalty.

UNC Charlotte students say the University’s Student Emergency Fund eased financial worries triggered by COVID-19.

As thousands trade “social distancing” for social protest, the unrelenting arithmetic of a roving pandemic and spasms of racialized violence has thrust the world into a resounding dry heave: “[We]…Can’t…Breathe.” This is the battle cry of an indignant generation.

It only took 8 minutes and 46 seconds to end George Floyd’s life. Long enough for Black people to remember Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. Long enough to recall the numbers of African Americans who died in police custody over the last decade.

Sheen Jamaal ’16, a New York City-based dance artist, recently co-organized the peaceful protest “Dance for George.”According to an article in the New York Times, the event was a tribute to George Floyd, who died while he was handcuffed and forcibly restrained by officers from the Minneapolis Police Department, and to call attention to the work of black artists at the heart of the dance and entertainment industries.

Survey to campus community solicits ideas for creating an equitable and safe environment for all Niners.

Michelle Meggs, executive director of the Women + Girls Research Alliance, discusses the uneven impact of the coronavirus pandemic on women.

UNC Charlotte students gathered on Saturday, June 6, for the first time since leaving campus in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic to lead and participate in the March to End Injustice.

As communities relax COVID-19 restrictions, a recent study by UNC Charlotte geographer Eric Delmelle and two of his former doctoral students could provide decision-makers with timely data about spikes in COVID-19 cases to help guide their decisions.