College of Science

The UNC Charlotte campus and broader community celebrated the accomplishments of mathematics professor Harold Reiter, who recently was honored with the Award for Excellence in Public Service from the UNC Board of Governors. An afternoon reception to mark the distinction was held on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 in Robinson Hall.

Knowledge lives in research. As scholars pursue answers to big questions and researchers push the boundaries of what we already know, knowledge shifts, grows, and expands. The vitality of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is linked to the vitality of its faculty’s research. In fiscal year 2012, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences […]

Sherman L. Burson Jr., inaugural dean of UNC Charlotte’s then-College of Arts and Sciences, first chair of the Chemistry Department and the first Charles H. Stone Professor of Chemistry, passed away on December 3, 2012.

UNC Charlotte’s Stanislav (Stas) A. Molchanov, a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, is among the mathematicians who have been named to the 2013 prestigious inaugural class of American Mathematical Society Fellows.   “We are very proud of this recognition honoring Dr. Molchanov’s outstanding scholarship and position as a noted researcher in […]

In support of alumna Jessica Bongiovanni, who three months ago learned that she has a rare form of bone cancer, the Association of Chemistry Graduate Students is hosting a pie-throwing fundraiser – the “Pie Your Chemistry Professor or Lab TA” event – in the West Quad area on Tuesday, Oct. 23, from 12:30 to 3:30 PM.

Harold Reiter, a professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, on Oct. 11, 2012 was presented with the Award for Excellence in Public Service from the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina system. The university system established the award in 2007 to encourage, […]

As part of the inaugural Charlotte Research Scholars program, students from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and other UNC Charlotte colleges spent their summers alongside faculty conducting original and cutting-edge research. The program provided summer research opportunities to 50 undergraduate students, of which 31 are majors in disciplines in the College of Liberal […]

Five College of Liberal Arts & Sciences students were among the nine students named “Best of the Best,” in April for extraordinary contributions to UNC Charlotte through academic and co-curricular pursuits. The Center for Leadership Development coordinated the awards.

CanDiag Inc., founded by UNC Charlotte researcher Pinku Mukherjee, was selected the grand prize winner of the Charlotte Venture Challenge. The company has developed a novel technology that accurately detects early breast cancer. Winning the grand prize of a $50,000 convertible-debt note from Vaterra Capital, would “pave the path for further clinical validation and regulatory […]

Casey Rimland, a biology and psychology honors undergraduate in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at UNC Charlotte, recently received an eight-year scholarship through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Oxford Cambridge Scholars Program. Rimland, a Charlotte native who is graduating this May, will pursue a combined medical/doctorate degree through the NIH Oxford Cambridge […]