General News

May 1, 2018: The 17th edition of the Charlotte Venture Challenge featured 13 of Charlotte’s most-promising, fledgling startups on stage at UNC Charlotte’s Center City Campus in Uptown. Before an audience of more than 100 colleagues, investors, community leaders, startup consultants and researchers, concepts in various stages of development were showcased – with cash prizes […]

On May 8, CCI Business Partners, faculty, staff and administration gathered in the Cone Center’s Lucas Room for the poster presentation of more than two dozen Innovative Computing Projects (ICP). Tackling real-world problems with the creative application of emerging technologies and fresh perspectives, student teams worked directly with CCI Business Partners, mentors and advisors on […]

On May 4, CCI’s Dr. Rebekah Rogers returned to Athens, Georgia to deliver the commencement address to Genetics graduates at the University of Georgia (UGA), her alma mater. When Rogers arrived at UGA as an undergrad interested in genetics, the university was home to one of just two undergraduate programs in the country where students […]

*Updated May 9, 2018 Dr. Mirsad Hadzikadic, Director of the Complex Systems Institute at UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI), is seeking the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hadzikadic has worn many hats since arriving at UNC Charlotte in 1987. In addition to teaching a variety of classes across multiple disciplines, Hadzikadic was […]

New this year, a Doctoral Hooding Ceremony for doctoral candidates, advisors, friends and family was held on Thursday May 10, in Halton Arena. This was the first time the doctoral class was hooded in a ceremony separate from the University-wide commencement exercises. Inset photo: Dr. Mohammed Javad Mahzoon with his advisor, Dr. Mary Lou Mahar […]

CCI’s Class of 2018 was among 4,565 candidates honored as UNC Charlotte conferred degrees in three ceremonies Friday and Saturday, May 11-12. CCI bestowed bachelor’s degrees on more than 235 graduates while almost 170 students received master’s degrees and eight Ph.D. candidates were hooded in a separate ceremony on Thursday. After commencement, much of the […]

By Lea Thompson (’20) CCI Computer Science (CS) undergraduate, Rawan Al-Shaer, recently received a Scholarship for Women Studying Information Security (SWSIS) from the Computing Research Association (CRA). Last year, Al-Shaer was awarded a Future of Computing Award from UNC Charlotte for her winning essay on the importance of gender diversity in CS and also took […]

UNC Charlotte has been invited to be a nominating entity for the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences, one of the most prestigious junior-faculty fellowships in the field. Participating institutions are selected on the basis of the scope of their work in biomedical research and recommended to The Pew Charitable Trusts by the National […]

The North State Telephone Company (North State) is expanding its support of CCI with the announcement of a $50,000 endowed scholarship to benefit students who promote gender equality in computer science and technical fields. Named in honor of Velva Hayden, who served as North State’s CEO from 1952-73, the Velva Hayden Memorial Scholarship for Women […]

When Dr. Jing Yang saw one of her students come to the aid of his peer, helping her from the classroom after she had suffered a seizure, Jung was deeply concerned and wanted to know if this was a commonplace event in the student’s life and how she could help. For her response, Yang earned […]