UNC Charlotte has just added its 20th doctoral program – a nursing degree designed to help health-care leaders plan for an expected surge in patients, particularly people dealing with multiple diseases. The Doctor of Nursing Practice will begin next fall and be...
Economic Development
You can “drive” I-485 right now!
It seems like they’ll never finish I-485 – especially when you’re crawling through the I-85/I-485 construction zone. Wouldn’t it be great to turn ahead the clock to December 2014 when the barrels come down and the speed cranks up? You can do that right now! Just...
Change is constant at URP’s Innovation Park
Not a week goes by that Innovation Park does not bring new and exciting changes to the former IBM campus. Thanks to Wells Fargo’s move-in of 1,150 employees, those transformations seem to have accelerated. Hang on; AXA Equitable is coming soon, and Classic Graphics is...
Now for the rest of the story about our roads
Here’s a little known fact. Many Charlotte roads are built as part of a rezoning, thus marrying transportation to land use. Case in point: The IKEA Boulevard extension to McCullough Drive that soon will offer a north-south alternative for folks now using North Tryon...
Top-tier care: Close to home and work
CMC-University pioneered community-based health care in Charlotte when it opened in 1986. “It was the first hospital not stuck in downtown,” says President Bill Leonard. CMC-University continues to break ground. It recently earned the first designation in America for...
In the beginning there was an idea …
Ivan Howitt (on the right side of this photo) is a UNC Charlotte engineering professor who specializes in wireless networks and technologies. He also has a hot new invention to his credit. The SL-RAT just won the 2012 Innovative Technology Award at WEFTEC, the largest...
Putting things in perspective in a changing world
There is a reason University City has the tagline “Great Ideas Live Here.” We have a remarkable ability to see opportunities in even the toughest times, like when needed bonds are delayed. Buckle up, because more change is headed our way, bringing needed...