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UNC Charlotte’s Dasgupta Lab is working to increase understanding of cancer cachexia, a wasting syndrome that affects up to 80% of people with advanced cancer. Despite its prevalence, the condition often remains unknown to patients and families until they are already living with it. The lab participated in the second annual Cancer Cachexia Awareness Day, […]

As part of the 2026 Biomedical Sciences Symposium and North Carolina Life Sciences Week, the Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science’s sponsors and partners recognized exceptional students, researchers and professionals whose work is helping shape the future of biomedical sciences. The poster and presentation awards highlight the creativity, rigor and collaborative spirit that defined this […]

The 2026 Biomedical Sciences Symposium brought a record number of researchers, health care leaders, entrepreneurs and industry professionals to UNC Charlotte’s Dubois Center on Sept. 14, kicking off North Carolina Life Sciences Week for the second consecutive year. Held under the theme, “Biomedical Sciences Ecosystem: Creating Innovation for Impact,” the symposium welcomed 420 registrants, up […]

The Klein College of Science’s Truman Lab at UNC Charlotte has secured a new $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance fundamental research on how cells maintain protein health, a process central to diseases ranging from cancer to neurodegenerative disorders. The five-year Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institute […]

It’s a blooming tribute to Dolly. Visitors to the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens have a unique opportunity to witness the spectacular final bloom of an extraordinary plant known as “Dolly the Bromeliad.” The plant was named “Dolly” after its previous owner, country music icon Dolly Parton, creating a meaningful connection between the renowned entertainer and […]

As cases of Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus linked to health care facilities, continue to rise across the United States, Morgan Carter, assistant professor of biology in the UNC Charlotte Klein College of Science, is helping explain the emerging public health concern. In a recent Q&A, Carter discusses how the fungus spreads, who is most […]

Welcome to the faculty and staff members who joined or took on new roles within the UNC Charlotte Klein College of Science this year. Dean Bernadette Donovan-Merkert recognized the College’s new faculty and staff members and celebrated the start of the 2026-27 academic year at the KCOS Faculty and Staff Meeting on Aug. 14. New […]

The UNC Charlotte Klein College of Science kicked off the 2026-27 academic year by celebrating newly promoted faculty members at the KCOS Faculty and Staff Meeting on Aug. 14. These promotions recognize the outstanding achievements, dedication and impact of faculty whose contributions in teaching, research and service continue to advance Klein College’s mission and strengthen […]

When Hal West-Page crossed the commencement stage this summer, she did so not only as a graduate earning her doctorate in applied mathematics from the Klein College of Science, but also as the student selected to deliver UNC Charlotte’s summer commencement address. A native of Hope Mills, North Carolina, West-Page has spent nearly a decade […]

For Zarah Rahman Blythe, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte wasn’t just close to home, it felt like the right place to grow.  A Charlotte native who attended elementary, middle and high school in the city, she said she chose UNC Charlotte because “it was a great location close to home and with a […]