Research

Knowledge lives in research. As scholars pursue answers to big questions and researchers push the boundaries of what we already know, knowledge shifts, grows, and expands. The vitality of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is linked to the vitality of its faculty’s research. In fiscal year 2012, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences […]

As part of the inaugural Charlotte Research Scholars program, students from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and other UNC Charlotte colleges spent their summers alongside faculty conducting original and cutting-edge research. The program provided summer research opportunities to 50 undergraduate students, of which 31 are majors in disciplines in the College of Liberal […]

A special screening of the 90-minute director’s cut of the new film The Jesus Discovery will be shown from 2:30 to 5 p.m., Sunday, April 29, in the Queen’s Court Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel near SouthPark. This version has never been shown in the United States and was aired in Canada on Vision TV […]

Sarah Haas, a Ph.D. student in Geography in the Center for Applied Geographic Information Science, has received a substantial travel scholarship that will allow her to study in South Africa and a National Science Foundation-funded training grant that will help her learn new data techniques. In the first award, Haas will travel to the University […]

Jacob Huffman, a Geography & Earth Sciences major and Levine Scholar at UNC Charlotte, has been chosen for the Newman Civic Fellows Award.  This national honor recognizes college student leaders who have demonstrated their investment in finding solutions to the challenges that communities face. “Jacob is an exceptional student who is excelling in his field […]

A world-renowned UNC Charlotte professor and historian has made a discovery in an intact first century tomb in Jerusalem that has revealed a set of limestone Jewish ossuaries or “bone boxes” that are engraved with a rare Greek inscription and a unique image. The findings are detailed in a preliminary report by James D. Tabor, […]

Nationally acclaimed artist and illustrator Barbara Higgins Bond will serve as the 2012 Africana Artist-in-Residence at UNC Charlotte. During her residency from Feb. 13 to Feb. 17, Higgins Bond will participate in a student-focused seminar titled, “Interrogating Self: Redemption of Memory and Meaning in My Art” on Feb. 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. […]

In December 2011, A Celebration of Faculty Achievement recognized College of Liberal Arts & Sciences faculty in two categories:  those faculty who have received external funding during the previous academic year and those faculty who have published books.  128 faculty members in the College fall into one or the other of these two categories, and […]

The Atkins Library Digital Scholarship Lab, in partnership with the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, will host the free workshop “Exploring Digital Humanities: Practicalities and Potential” on Monday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m Faculty, graduate students and staff at UNC Charlotte and neighboring institutions are invited to attend either or both […]

The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, together with ESRI – a leading geographic information systems (GIS) company, is sponsoring its annual GIS Day on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 in the McEniry lobby from noon to 2 p.m. Graduate students will present their research right after that, at 2 p.m. In anticipation of GIS Day, […]