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Charlotte's bioinformatics lab informs Mecklenburg County’s COVID-19 public health approach

   December 10, 2021

Since the emergence last summer of the COVID-19 delta variant, UNC Charlotte has partnered with the Mecklenburg County Health Department to provide genome sequencing to help health officials determine where in the county the coronavirus and its variants are present.

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Guiding UNC Charlotte’s research direction

   December 9, 2021

Over the past year, a dedicated group of UNC Charlotte faculty, staff and administrators collaborated to study the University’s potential to become a top-tier research university.

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Forecast: Inflation a growing risk for North Carolina’s economy in 2022

   December 9, 2021

Growing concerns about inflation and the emerging omicron variant are “the two big known unknowns” heading into 2022, according to

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Undergraduate research journal launches

   December 1, 2021

Undergraduate students at Charlotte who participate in research under the guidance of faculty mentors now have the opportunity to publish and share broadly the outcomes of their work and collaborative experiences.

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‘Unprecedented’ housing price increases in Charlotte are creating challenges for affordability

   November 17, 2021

As the pandemic rages on, so does the acceleration of increasing housing prices in the Charlotte region. Home buyers throughout the eight-county Charlotte region are facing towering prices and a lack of affordable housing, according to the “2021 State of Housing in Charlotte Report,” which was released by UNC Charlotte’s Childress Klein Center for Real Estate (CKCRE) on Wednesday, Nov. 17.

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UNC Charlotte research, outreach efforts on well water safety in Gaston County to expand

   November 10, 2021

A significant proportion of Gaston County residents get their drinking water from private wells and other unregulated sources, particularly in the county’s northern and western rural communities. Yet, only a small fraction of residents test their water regularly.

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Health psychology doctoral student wins NIH funding to research maternal health

   November 5, 2021

Eating a variety of nutritious foods helps pregnant women and their babies stay healthy. Yet, most health care providers focus on weight, weight gain or birth complications, which paints an incomplete picture of women’s health and well-being during pregnancy and postpartum. In fact, complex and interacting influences -- stress, motivation, advice, appetite, hormones and the like -- can drive...

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UNC Charlotte researcher on team that receives $2M from NSF to design adaptable urban spaces

   November 5, 2021

A team including UNC Charlotte urban planning researcher Katherine Idziorek has received a nearly $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to advance research on how urban social and spatial systems can be organized to be mo

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Faculty and staff recognized for research accomplishments, illuminating UNC Charlotte’s ‘star on the rise’

   November 2, 2021

On Oct. 28, UNC Charlotte recognized members of the faculty and staff for their new and ongoing achievements in research at the 2021 Niner Research Reception.

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Navigating supply chain challenges

   October 27, 2021

Marketing and retail expert from Belk College of Business offers tips for savvy shopping.

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