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Sarah Tabassum, a Ph.D candidate in UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics, knows firsthand the unique challenges that face students who relocate thousands of miles away from home to pursue their education in a foreign country. It’s the type of transition — fraught with new contexts, new norms, new fears and new threats — […]

Ethan Nguyen will leave Niner Nation with more than his dual B.S. degrees in computer science and mathematics. He’ll also carry with him the confidence to lead, the passion to research tough-to-crack problems and the drive to create exciting opportunities for the next generation, all lifelong skills he credits to his time at UNC Charlotte. […]

KEY TAKEAWAYS: If the head financial executive of a company hops on a video call with an employee and demands they make a transaction, that’s about as legit as it gets, right? Wrong — just as it was in 2024 for a finance worker in Hong Kong who was tricked into sending $25 million to […]

Rishi Misra’s excitement is contagious. When he gets going about one of his passions, be it advanced computational biology techniques or the importance of scientific communication, his eyes light up as his enthusiasm spreads to his audience through each animated anecdote and every bit of eager exposition. “I believe in the fundamental truths of science,” […]

Editor’s note 2/13/26: As of today, Amish Patel is now the Chief Information Officer at GuideWell. Amish Patel’s remarkable journey from a spirited youth in Mumbai, India, to a chief technology officer at Elevance Health is a story of resilience, reinvention and the transformative power of education — especially the education he found at UNC […]

Through cutting-edge methods and advanced artificial intelligence analysis, UNC Charlotte researchers leading a multidisciplinary team across four universities have successfully resolved the entire genome of “Phage G,” the largest bacterial virus (aka bacteriophages or phages) ever cultivated in a physical lab environment.  Studied by multiple labs across the globe for over 50 years, this massive […]

Nadia Najjar, teaching associate professor of software and information systems in the College of Computing and Informatics, has been named as an honorable mention finalist for the UNC Charlotte Teaching Excellence Award for non-tenured faculty.            Najjar is dedicated to empowering students through computer science and is committed to creating learning environments where all students can […]

UNC Charlotte and Honeywell have announced a $10 million investment that will expand STEM workforce development and accelerate innovation in the Charlotte region. The investment will transform UNC Charlotte’s Burson Hall into the Honeywell Innovation Hub — a 155,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art learning complex for applied research and STEM education. The gift also supports scholarships for high-achieving students, integrated research […]

Applications are now open for the Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence – click here to learn more! The University of North Carolina at Charlotte will launch bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in artificial intelligence in August 2026, establishing the University as one of an elite few institutions in the country offering in-demand, comprehensive AI […]

Welcome to all of our new College of Computing and Informatics faculty and staff for 2025 — we’re thrilled to have you on board! Faculty: New to UNC Charlotte: New Roles: New Staff and Administration: