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The UNC Charlotte Trash Taggers led by Professor Andrew Goff have been a part of the Adopt-A-Stream program since 2018. Andrew and several dedicated students have pulled out about 9,300 pounds of trash just over the past year from all over the City of Charlotte! Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services Monthly Volunteer Newsletter

An antibody that was invented at UNC Charlotte could be used to curb pancreatic cancer relapse and metastasis, a new UNC Charlotte study has found. Pancreatic cancer is the 10th most common type of cancer, but it is the fourth-leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the United States. Each November, Pancreatic […]

Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Bullock who was selected to participate in the training program of the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP). There were only 20 spots for participants in the ISEP-AHEA academy from around the U.S. Dr. Bullock will attend a training institute this Fall 2022 and then work to create a Global Network Learning […]

Dr. Danillo Augusto is the winner of the 2022 Early Career Investigator Award of the American Society for Histocompatibility & Immunogenics and its Science & Technology Initiatives Committee (STIC) The aim of the ASHI Early Career Investigator Award (ECIA) is to identify future research leaders who are committed to conducting impactful basic science research. This […]

Funding to Biological Sciences faculty topped $5 Million in 2021-22

New faculty member Dr. Sarah Stellwagen, Research Assistant Professor, studies all things spiders – and their sticky spider “glue” used to make webs and capture prey. Dr. Stellwagen came to UNC Charlotte from Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her current research program is funded by the NSF Division of Integrative and […]

Congratulations to recent graduate Taylor Colleton! Ms. Colleton performed undergraduate research in the lab of Dr. Pinku Mukherjee and now attends Indiana University School of Medicine.

Springtime is here and it is an excellent time to take a walk outdoors and follow the on-campus Birdhouse Trail created by Dr. Ellen Wisner. This trail of 25 nest boxes was established in collaboration with the Office of Sustainability and was funded by the Charlotte Green Initiative (CGI). Interactive Bird Nest Walk map

Dr. Shan Yan has been appointed to the Board of Directors for FASEB, where he will represent the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EMGS). From their website: “Founded in 1912, FASEB began with a small group of dedicated scientists, from three independent organizations, who wanted to provide a forum for educational meetings, develop publications, and […]

Monday, April 11, 2022 Faculty support is the mission of the Center for Teaching and Learning, and for a trio of participants in the center’s Active Learning Academy, it has become a personal bonding experience. For faculty members Susana Cisneros, Julie Cook and Brittany Johnson, a shared interest in active learning brought them together. They […]