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Academics often love to say that their research drives real change in the world, but sometimes it’s hard to prove that it does. Charlitta Hatch, however, has some pretty concrete proof. Earlier this year, she ran for Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board in District 1 and won, defeating several other candidates. She defended her dissertation in urban […]

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has been awarded $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Indian Education to support Project Teaching Our Rich Cultural Heritage, a five-year collaboration with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, located in western North Carolina. The project will prepare highly qualified educators who are culturally […]

Cato College welcomes six new faculty for the new semester from all across the country. Their experience and accolades add to the prestige and practical knowledge students gain from being an EduNiner, whether undergraduate or graduate and across all disciplines. We are proud to add these six bright lights to our team! Autumn Griffin Assistant […]

There are two kinds of academics in this world – those who prefer outside encouragement and those who need support from those in the trenches with them.  Brittany and Jaalil Hart took the latter to what some may call the extreme in choosing to complete their doctoral degrees at the same time as husband and […]

UNC Charlotte’s Cato College of Education has been recognized as one of the nation’s top 10 programs in online graduate education, tying for the No. 9 spot on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Online Master’s in Education rankings, released Jan. 21. This represents an increase of fourteen places from 2024 and marks the […]

As Carley Mittag walked through Mebane Hall, she couldn’t go anywhere without being stopped. Peers and professors alike paused to express how thrilled they were to see her…