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School of Nursing student Kennedy Carpenter and School of Social Work student Christina Olmstead will deliver addresses at UNC Charlotte’s 2026 Spring Commencement ceremonies. Social work student Chase Minor will serve as a bell ringer. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Carpenter, a Levine Scholar, will speak at the May 8 undergraduate commencement for students in the College of Arts […]
Alicia Dahl, associate professor at the College of Health and Human Services, is the 2026 recipient of UNC Charlotte’s Bonnie E. Cone Early-Career Professorship in Teaching. Dahl was honored April 28 at the Spring Faculty Awards ceremony held at the Barnhardt Student Activity Center. Named after UNC Charlotte’s founder, the Bonnie E. Cone Early-Career Professorship […]
Before he reached UNC Charlotte, Aaron Kempster spent most of his time running away. After high school he ran away to the U.S. Marine Corps. After the Marines, he ran away to travel the globe. After globe-trotting, he ran away to self-medicate. “It was continuous escapism,” he said. Once he got to Charlotte, he stopped […]
In recognition of Graduate Student Appreciation Week, we posed a few questions to Theresa Kumazah, a Master of Science in Kinesiology student with a concentration in strength and conditioning. Kumazah is on track to graduate in 2027. She is also the founder of BeOne Nexus, a nonprofit holistic health and wellness hub. Why did you […]
UNC Charlotte’s College of Health and Human Services secured five spots among the nation’s top graduate programs in the U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Graduate Schools rankings, which were released April 7. The college’s Master of Health Administration program is ranked No. 53. Rankings for the Health Care Management category, under which the […]
The College of Health and Human Services departments of Epidemiology and Community Health and Health Management Policy will merge July 1, 2026 and become the department of Public Health and Health Administration. The separate departments were formed in 2024 from the college’s original Public Health Sciences department. The split was made as part of the […]
Men are having a moment. There are recent books (“Notes on Being a Man”), national TV news reports (“Boys to Men: Why America’s Sons Are Struggling”), documentaries (“Beyond Men and Masculinity”) and more highlighting the modern male experience that, for some, is causing loneliness, self-doubt and a crisis of masculinity. Closer to home, two UNC […]
Longstanding UNC Charlotte administrator and faculty member Yvette Huet has been named dean of the University’s College of Health and Human Services. Huet has led the college since July 2025 as interim dean. Her appointment is effective immediately. “Yvette is a strategic academic leader whose decades of service at Charlotte reflect a deep commitment to […]
With a quick swipe on the life-size touchscreen, students can see muscles, tendons, bones and organs inside a human body. They can magnify, rotate and dissect the anatomical structure. Everything they see under the skin (and on skin) is real, only digitized. This anatomy experience was developed by Anatomage, a medical imaging software company that […]
UNC Charlotte has been recognized among the nation’s best online master’s in nursing programs, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Online Programs rankings released January 27. The online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program at UNC Charlotte’s School of Nursing is ranked No. 22. The School of Nursing, part of the […]