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Everywhere they traveled during an entrepreneurial ecosystem tour of Charlotte this spring, a group of MIT Foundry Fellows peppered experts they met with questions and observations. They were soaking up as much as they could during their whirlwind trip to the city and to UNC Charlotte. Hosted on their Charlotte visit by the UNC Charlotte […]

UNC Charlotte’s North Carolina Economic Forecast offers practical, trusted analysis North Carolina’s economy is projected to see continued growth in 2025, with 2.7% increase in real — inflation adjusted — Gross Domestic Product expected, for the fifth full year of growth since COVID-19. The biggest increases in new jobs are anticipated in information, educational and […]

Anthony Francis’s journey is a testament to the power of education and perseverance. A teacher, father, and soon-to-be Bank of America strategist, Francis sees his MBA from the Belk College of Business not just as a personal achievement, but as an investment in his family’s future.

The first and second floors of the Friday building will be closed from May 11 to August 11, 2025. Students who need access to the Niblock Student Center will only be able to enter the Friday building from the Fretwell side to use the elevators to get to the third floor. Faculty and staff working […]

By Bryson FosterPhoto by Amy Hart Bryan Lopez Villanueva is using lessons learned as a first-generation college student at UNC Charlotte to pave a way into the business world. “I’ve met so many people here who are passionate about helping students in a way I have never seen. This has been instrumental for my future,” […]

As a boy growing up in rural West Virginia, Verl Purdy ’73 MBA walked a mile from his family’s farm to a one-room schoolhouse with a coal fire for warmth and water fetched in buckets. The path from those hardscrabble times in a mountain hollow to his life today has been a journey of discovery […]

UNC Charlotte microeconomist Glenn Dutcher and colleagues investigate why clinicians at transplant centers decide whether to accept or decline kidneys offered for organ tramsplants.

As Marshall Presbyterian Church recovers from Hurricane Helene, UNC Charlotte risk management experts weigh in on new ideas for risk management and insurance.

Belk College of Business undergraduate students in Dr. Faith Neale’s catastrophic risk class presented their research in Munich, Germany.

CO-LAB, a collaborative space where entrepreneurs and innovators can access University expertise for real-world challenges, is now open.