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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 […]

Janaka B. Lewis, Ph.D. , associate dean of curriculum and success, and professor of English in the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences, has been selected to join the 2025-26 class of Fellows for the American Council on Education. Lewis is one of 25 Fellows chosen from a nationwide pool to identify emerging […]

Alaya Holmes knows how to work the camera, whether she is behind the scenes or modeling in front of it.  In high school, Holmes started creating content and taking photos at home in her room out of boredom during the pandemic. She used what she could find for lighting set-ups and subjects, but as she […]

UNC Charlotte recognized members of the 2025 Million Dollar Research Circle at a celebration on March 26 at the Bissell House. Three faculty from the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences were honored for having at least one million dollars in external research funding: Johnson was also specially recognized for having more than […]

Exploring the Social Psychology of Relationships As Valentine’s Day approaches each year, Amy Canevello, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Science, gets an uptick in requests to lend her expertise to conversations on love and relationships. However, romantic relationships are just one piece of her social psychology research, which spans self image, social motivations […]

This week UNC Charlotte launched the Charlotte AI Institute with two centers from the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences highlighted for making significant contributions to innovative research from the University. The Center for Applied Geographic Information Science, CAGIS, uses advanced space-time theories, methods, and technologies in Geographic Information Science (GIS) to address pressing multi-scale […]

UNC Charlotte has been recognized as the top-ranked institution in North Carolina for online education, and is tied for the third spot nationwide in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Online Bachelor’s Degrees rankings, which were released today.  The rankings are based on metrics specific to online learning, including student engagement, faculty training, […]

Award-winning Communications major follows his passion for sports journalism Bryson Foster ’23 became a lifelong sports fan in 2009 when he witnessed outfielder Jonny Gomes hit three home runs while attending his first-ever major league baseball game. Foster’s family took him to the Cincinnati Reds home game during a stay for some medical appointments at […]