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C-Suite Speaker Verl Purdy seeks solutions with data, determination

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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 […]

Research offers new findings in effort to improve availability of kidneys for transplantation

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

Historic flooding highlights need for risk management, new ideas on insurance

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

Lessons in risk

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

CO-LAB inspires innovation

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

Uncertainty adds complexity to economic outlook, Belk College analysis finds

UNC Charlotte’s North Carolina Economic Forecast offers practical, trusted analysis

Red Ventures CEO encourages students to shape their own stories

Categories: News, Niblock Student Center Tags: C-Suite

Red Ventures co-founder and CEO Ric Elias called himself “the accidental CEO” as he talked with UNC Charlotte students at the Belk College of Business C-Suite Speaker Series on Feb. 11, 2025.

Belk College researcher offers expert commentary on supply chain issues 

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Belk College of Business expert Reginald A. Silver provided research-informed analysis on supply issues resulting from Hurricane Helene. Silver, a clinical professor in the Department of Business Information Systems & Operations Management, assessed possible disruption in supplies. “Different from the pandemic where we saw massive supply chain disruptions, it’s not going to be a single […]

Belk College alumnus named AACSB 2025 Influential Leader

Belk College of Business alumnus Bryan Delaney ’03 is one of 24 business school graduates chosen as a 2025 Influential Leader by AACSB International.

MSRE student, alumnus focuses on growing real estate business

Learn how Alan Oliva Chapela’s family history inspired his journey as an MSRE student and entrepreneur.