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The University of North Carolina at Charlotte hosted the annual TEDx UNC Charlotte event this spring, for “ideas worth spreading.” The event featured speakers from both UNC Charlotte and the local region. This year, College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences faculty member Sara A. Gagné, and students Enny Ogunyemi, Jenna Drew and Mary-Catherine […]

Mark I. West, professor of English in the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences, has been named as the inaugural recipient of the Charlotte Writers Club Advocate Award. The award was created to celebrate individuals who mentor and educate writers, volunteer their time and expertise, advocate for writers and their work, lead and […]

Asa Yoneda, UNC Charlotte instructor of Japanese translation, was named to the shortlist for the International Booker Prize, the world’s most influential award for translated fiction. Yoneda’s translation of “Under the Eye of the Big Bird,” by Hiromi Kawakami, is one of six finalists on the shortlist. The list celebrates the best works of long-form fiction […]

Summer is coming in hot, so chill out with the talented faculty at UNC Charlotte’s College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences. This newest CHESS initiative of lifelong learning, CHILL at IPH, comprises a full schedule of short, multisession workshops for those hungry for community, intellectual stimulation, or just a place to get away from internet streaming during the […]

Seth Collings Hawkins, M.D., is embracing lifelong learning by graduating with yet another degree. The emergency medicine physician is building upon the anthropological foundation he began at Yale decades ago, even with one of his same professors. While successfully holding a ton of jobs—emergency and wilderness medicine physician; contract medical director, officer, and adviser to […]

This weekend, Grace Cooper will be crossing the UNC Charlotte graduation stage multiple times, and it’s not the first time she has been there. Cooper is wrapping up her year as Senior Class President in the Student Government Association, after also being elected as class president for her freshman, sophomore and junior years. Cooper is […]

Colleen Hammelman, associate professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, received the Bonnie E. Cone Professorship for Civic Engagement for her outstanding leadership in community-engaged research, advocacy and teaching. She was honored at the Spring Faculty Awards, Thursday, May 1, in the Popp Martin Student Union. Since joining UNC Charlotte in 2017, […]

Casey Davenport, associate professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences in the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences, is the 2025 recipient of the Bonnie E. Cone Early-Career Professorship in Teaching. This award recognizes exceptional teaching by a faculty member early in their career. She was honored at the Spring […]

Maya Barbee, a double major in sociology and Spanish, is set to walk the stage at Halton Arena at spring commencement, closing the book on her time at UNC Charlotte. Barbee, an academic overachiever bursting with 49er spirit, says the moment will be bittersweet. “It doesn’t feel real yet, but I’m excited to start a […]

UNC Charlotte’s graduate programs from the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences have risen in the 2025 rankings, which came out today from U.S. News & World Report. Public Affairs in the Gerald G. Fox Master of Public Administration program ranks No. 49 nationally. The program also has top 25 rankings in three […]