College News

The UNC Charlotte Division of Research and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center hosted the 2024 Biomedical Sciences Symposium on Sept. 9 at the Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City. The symposium offered the opportunity for attendees to “seek catalytic partnerships that can lead to a big vision for building solutions in the biomedical sciences,” […]

The UNC Charlotte Award for Teaching Excellence honors outstanding non-tenure track teachers on our campus and provides an example of the University’s commitment to excellence in teaching. This year, two College of Science faculty have been named as finalists for the award and one was recognized with an honorable mention. The winner of the award will be […]

When a subdivision in Union County grew increasingly concerned over a bright red storm water pond, a news station turned to the UNC Charlotte College of Science to get expert answers. Residents reported the Indian Trail neighborhood’s homeowners association was unresponsive over their concerns that the pond could contain a toxic red algae bloom. With […]

Bernadette Donovan-Merkert has been named as the founding dean of the College of Science after serving in the role for more than a year as interim. Her appointment, approved by the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees, is effective Aug. 15. “Bernadette has spent her career at Charlotte supporting our students, leading faculty, promoting innovative research […]

The College of Science hosted the Carolina Raptor Center as they released their 10,000th rehabilitated raptor on Saturday, Aug. 10. The red-tailed hawk spent 58 days in CRC’s hospital facility and was released into the trees at the Hauser Alumni Pavilion in front of a crowd of guests, including families and CRC volunteers. The event […]

Dhairya Desai, a rising senior and chemistry honors student, has been named a 2024-25 Newman Civic Fellow. The fellowship is awarded by Campus Compact, a national non-profit and the oldest association in higher education dedicated to civic and community engagement. Desai is a Levine Scholar working towards a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a […]

Jordan Poler, professor of chemistry, has been awarded a grant through a pilot program from NCInnovation.  He is one of two UNC Charlotte faculty selected for the funding and among eight researchers chosen from the UNC System. The grant will allow Poler to expand on his team’s recent innovations in water purification that have led to […]

The UNC Charlotte Faculty Awards Ceremony was held on Monday, May 13 and two College of Science professors were recognized with some of the University’s most prestigious awards. Adam Reitzel, professor of biological sciences, was awarded the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal, which recognizes research excellence.  Reitzel serves as the graduate program director for the […]

Growing up in the small West Texas border town of Tornillo, Yelixza Avila viewed military service as her only way to experience life beyond her hometown. But the first-generation college student persevered in pursuit of higher education, enrolling at nearby Sul Ross State, where she studied biology and chemistry. “Ten weeks in the summer in […]

Danillo Augusto, Ph.D., an assistant professor in biology at UNC Charlotte, is co-author of a study published last week in Nature Medicine. The research points to a significant breakthrough in the understanding and early detection of multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers have identified a unique autoantibody signature present in approximately 10% of patients with MS years […]