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Today, AACSB International (AACSB), the global accrediting body and membership association for business schools, revealed that Susan DeVore, a graduate of UNC Charlotte, has been recognized as one of the first 100 AACSB Influential Leaders. DeVore’s work exemplifies the innovative mindset and meaningful contributions to society that UNC Charlotte graduates display around the world and […]

UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton will discuss the North Carolina economy as a panelist on the USA Today/Wells Fargo Real Economy panel on Monday, September 21 from 9-11 a.m. The live economic forum in Uptown Charlotte will include three segments focusing on optimism about the North Carolina economy, the jobs outlook and North Carolina’s workplace […]

UNC Charlotte’s undergraduate business programs rank in the top 24 percent nationwide, according to the 2016 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges published this week. UNC Charlotte’s undergraduate business programs are ranked No. 114 out of 478 schools, in a tie with 16 other business schools nationwide. Statewide, UNC Charlotte ranks No. […]

The North Carolina economy continues to grow but is facing more unpredictability in 2015, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported Sept. 9 in the Babson Capital Management/UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast. “2015 is proving to be a volatile year for the U.S. economy, with several important economic factors trending in very uncertain ways. North Carolina has […]

Economics Professor Craig Depken shares the benchmarks of pro sports franchises and what would be needed to bring Major League Soccer to Charlotte. He was interviewed by the Charlotte Business Journal in the article “Playing the numbers game for MLS in Charlotte.” Read the news article

Franz W. Kellermanns, the Addison H. & Gertrude C. Reese Endowed Chair in International Business and Professor of Management at UNC Charlotte, has received a best paper award with two co-authors for their research on family businesses. Kellermanns and co-authors Thomas Rieg of WHU – Otto-Beisheim School of Management and Sabine Rau of Kings College […]

This fall, Michael Maynard will be a Master of Science in Real Estate student with a full scholarship at UNC Charlotte. This summer, he explored urban planning from coast to coast – on his bike. Maynard is an incoming master’s student who participated in Bike and Build, a national group that organizes cross-country bicycle trips […]

The Belk College of Business welcomes the following new faculty members this fall 2015: Accounting Gregory Martin – Assistant Professor Gregory Martin is an assistant professor in the Department of Accounting in the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. Dr. Martin’s teaching and research focuses on financial accounting. Dr. Martin has won numerous teaching […]

L. Howard Godfrey receiving Academic Leadership Award

Dr. Steven Rogelberg’s research on the strategic use of meetings not only documents the negative of impact of poorly run meetings on employee engagement and well-being, but identifies key practices to unlock the potential of meetings to promote innovation and critical decision making. This week, his research was featured in The Wall Street Journal in […]