While the LYNX light-rail line has transformed North Tryon Street, the biggest changes will likely occur at UNC Charlotte, as a recent campus forum underscored. A low-cost transit pass, free parking at rail stations, increased campus bus service and a new bike-share program will change how thousands of 49ers move about campus and Charlotte.
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2 major gifts add $7.5 million to EXPONENTIAL campaign
Two major gifts to UNC Charlotte's $200 million EXPONENTIAL fundraising campaign will provide new scholarship opportunities and faculty awards of excellence. The Department of Accounting is being renamed the Turner School of Accountancy in recognition of a $2.5...
UNC Charlotte expanding service to Hispanic community
A two-year program just announced by UNC Charlotte’s College of Health and Human Services will help address health disparities among Charlotte’s Hispanic community. A graduate assistant will provide health-risk screenings, exercise programs and other services through...
Today’s lunchtime concert launches October arts explosion
The arts scene explodes this month at UNC Charlotte. Among the offerings - a free lunchtime concert TODAY (Oct. 5) by the Charlotte Symphony, the student Chamber Orchestra's fall concert, a Faculty and Friends performance by bass-baritone Carl DuPont featuring the...
UNC Charlotte launches ‘Exponential’ Campaign to raise $200 million
Boosted by advance giving totaling nearly $115 million, UNC Charlotte launched a $200 million capital campaign on Thursday, Sept. 22. "Today we are celebrating the university's dramatic trajectory of growth," declared Exponential Campaign Chair Gene Johnson. "This has...
Newly named Popp Martin Student Union honors 2 alumni
UNC Charlotte's Student Union has a new name, thanks to generous donations of both leadership and resources by two of the university's most successful alumni: attorney Karen Popp (Class of 1980), and business executive Demond Martin (Class of 1997). The two were...
Meet the world Saturday at International Festival
For 41 years, UNC Charlotte and thousands of people from throughout our region have gathered at the annual International Festival to celebrate cultural traditions from around the globe. This year’s event, 10 am to 6 pm Saturday, Sept. 24, around the Barnhardt Student...