Media Advisories

Amazon selects UNC Charlotte as university partner in Career Choice program to help upskill local workforce CHARLOTTE, N.C. – March 3, 2022 – UNC Charlotte has been selected as a university partner in Amazon’s Career Choice program. This program provides Amazon’s hourly employees access to fully funded tuition for any of UNC Charlotte’s 171 bachelor’s […]

New UNC Charlotte research center to drive pandemic preparedness and prevention The interdisciplinary Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks — CIPHER — will expand the University’s study of emergent viruses, infectious diseases and other public health dangers The key to preventing another global pandemic may be found at UNC Charlotte. Expanding […]

N.C.’s budget includes historic investment in UNC Charlotte More than $134 million will drive economic growth in Charlotte region and beyond CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Nov. 22, 2021 – The North Carolina General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper approved the state budget that provides a historic $134 million investment in UNC Charlotte to fund STEM education […]

‘Unprecedented’ housing price increases in Charlotte are creating challenges for affordability, according to new UNC Charlotte report Median housing prices in the region jumped 16.3% in just a year, according to research from UNC Charlotte’s Childress Klein Center for Real Estate CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Nov. 17, 2021 – As the pandemic rages on, so does […]

MEDIA ADVISORY UNC Charlotte’s Childress Klein Center for Real Estate to release 2021 Charlotte housing report Wednesday Research report examines the pandemic’s impact on owner-occupied and rental housing in the Charlotte region over the past year What: UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business and the Childress Klein Center for Real Estate (CKCRE) will release the […]

UNC Charlotte Appoints Inaugural Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion Brandon Wolfe, Ph.D., will serve on the Chancellor’s Cabinet and direct Charlotte’s efforts to create an accessible, inclusive and equitable climate CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sept. 22, 2021 – The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has appointed Brandon L. Wolfe, Ph.D., as associate vice […]

Forecast: Delta variant slowing economic growth in North Carolina Belk College Economist John Connaughton says the state’s hospitality and leisure sector continues to struggle. CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Sept. 15, 2021 – COVID-related restrictions are likely to slow economic growth in North Carolina for the remainder of the year, according to John Connaughton, director of the […]

UNC Charlotte Sets Historic Enrollment Record Charlotte sees a continued rise in enrollment throughout the ongoing pandemic CHARLOTTE, N.C., – Sept. 14, 2021 – The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has enrolled 30,448 students for the fall 2021 semester, setting a University enrollment record for the third consecutive year. Throughout the ongoing pandemic, Charlotte […]

UNC Charlotte’s Pandemic Response Receives 2021 AASCU Excellence and Innovation Award CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Aug. 17, 2021 – The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) has named UNC Charlotte among its 2021 winners of its Excellence and Innovation Awards in recognition of the University’s response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The University was […]

Phi Beta Kappa Approves Chapter for UNC Charlotte University joins elite group of U.S. colleges and universities in the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Aug. 11, 2021 – Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society, has approved a chapter for UNC Charlotte. The University joins an […]