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In memory: Thomas C. Turner, pioneering faculty member

In memory: Thomas C. Turner, pioneering faculty member

   February 23, 2018

Emeritus faculty member Thomas C. Turner, who helped establish the accounting department at UNC Charlotte and remained dedicated to the University throughout his life, died Wednesday, Feb. 21, at the age of 88.

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Professor Rogelberg receives international research award

Professor Rogelberg receives international research award

   January 26, 2018

UNC Charlotte’s Steven Rogelberg is a pioneering researcher in the field of organizational science. In acknowledgement of his profound, international impact on the discipline, Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has named him a recipient of its prestigious research award.

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Donation from Lowe's CEO opens Niblock Student Center

Donation from Lowe's CEO opens Niblock Student Center

   January 22, 2018

Alumnus Robert A. Niblock, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Lowe’s Companies Inc., provided a $2.5 million donation to UNC Charlotte to support and name the Niblock Student Center in the Belk College of Business.

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21 Belk Scholars in Business Analytics receive full scholarships

21 Belk Scholars in Business Analytics receive full scholarships

   January 19, 2018

Ask Adonis Abdullah, a freshman at UNC Charlotte, what the Belk Scholars Program means to him. He will tell you it’s more than the full scholarship or the quality education in the burgeoning field of analytics. It’s the fact that the program gave him a feeling he hadn’t experienced before.

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Master's students win top prizes in international data analytics competition

Master's students win top prizes in international data analytics competition

Students win 3 awards at the 2017 Teradata University Network (TUN) Data and Analytics Challenge
   December 13, 2017

Two graduate student teams from UNC Charlotte won three major awards in the 2017 Teradata University Network (TUN) Data and Analytics Challenge, an international data analytics competition.

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Wells Fargo turns to UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business for top talent

Wells Fargo turns to UNC Charlotte’s Belk College of Business for top talent

   December 11, 2017
Wells Fargo, a leader in the financial services industry, understands the value that well-trained, top-quality graduates bring to a organization. That is why the national corporation approached the Belk College of Business for candidates for the Wells Fargo Quantitative Associate Program. On Monday, November 27, the Belk College proudly welcomed Wells Fargo to the Center City Campus where UNC...

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Metro areas of Charlotte and Raleigh lead the continued N.C. economic expansion

Metro areas of Charlotte and Raleigh lead the continued N.C. economic expansion

The North Carolina economy will continue to grow in 2018, especially in metro areas along the I-85
   December 5, 2017
The North Carolina economy will continue to grow in 2018, especially in metro areas along the I-85 corridor, UNC Charlotte professor and economist John Connaughton says. Connaughton said that one-quarter of the counties represent the majority of the economic recovery in the state. In particular, the Metropolitan Statistical Areas of Charlotte and Raleigh represent around 85 percent of the state’...

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New MSRE Graduates: Where are they now?

   November 9, 2017

The Belk College Master of Science in Real Estate program graduated 16 students in the summer of 2017. We asked some of the new alumni about their new jobs, plans, and the effect of their new degrees on their professional careers.

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Belk College master’s programs rise in national rankings

Belk College master’s programs rise in national rankings

   October 27, 2017
UNC Charlotte is named among the best in the nation for the Belk College of Business’ Master of Accountancy (MACC) program and Master of Science in Economics in the 2018 TFE Times Rankings. The MACC program placed at No. 40 in this year’s “Best Master of Accounting Program” list, and the M.S. in Economics landed at No. 59 in the “Best Master of Economics” ranking. These rankings continue both...

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#16 ranking for UNC Charlotte’s M.S. in Mathematical Finance

#16 ranking for UNC Charlotte’s M.S. in Mathematical Finance

   October 26, 2017
UNC Charlotte’s Master of Science in Mathematical Finance program is once again named one of the top programs in the nation, ranking No. 16 in TFE Times’ 2018 Master of Financial Engineering Program Rankings. Over the past two years, the Belk College of Business M.S. in Mathematical Finance program has consistently risen in the rankings, increasing from No. 20 in 2016, to No. 18 in 2017, and now...

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