Armed robbery at Fitness Connection joins a series of crimes in the...
Charlotte Mecklenburg police reported an armed robbery in the 8700 Block of JW Clay Blvd on Monday, June 24. A person, allegedly armed with a handgun, stole a vehicle as well as several thousand...
View ArticleCar-related thefts persist in the UNC Charlotte area - There were 38 reports...
According to Charlotte Mecklenburg Police reports obtained by the Niner Times, multiple vehicles have been stolen in recent weeks in the University City area. The latest report filed by the Charlotte...
View ArticleNinerAlerts don’t follow you everywhere - UNC Charlotte officials explain...
After an influx of violence near UNC Charlotte’s campus, some members of the community are criticizing the University for failing to issue safety alerts. In the past few weeks, police reports obtained...
View ArticleArmed robbery at the local Jack in the Box - The incident is one of a number...
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police reports that the Jack in the Box located near campus at 10121 N Tryon Street was robbed at gunpoint by an unknown assailant on June 30. The robbery happened just before 10...
View ArticleHow do UNC Charlotte and the ROTC react to hate speech? One student put the...
A former UNC Charlotte cadet has been expelled from the ROTC program after a U.S. Army investigation concluded that the student had operated an anonymous white supremacist Twitter account. The...
View ArticleAfter nearly 50 years, Moore Hall comes down - Demolition began July 2 and is...
After nearly 50 years of towering over South Village, demolition on Moore Hall has officially begun. Moore and Sanford will be replaced with a combined residence hall known as Phase XVI. The new...
View Article7-Eleven near campus robbed at gunpoint - Five arrested after standoff with SWAT
According to a Charlotte Mecklenburg Police report, five suspects attempted an armed robbery of a local 7-Eleven located at 8101 Old Concord Rd around 5:30 a.m. on June 28. Two of the five subjects...
View ArticleUNC Charlotte student announces candidacy for county commissioner - Cade Lee...
A second UNC Charlotte student is vying for local office. Cade Lee announced his candidacy for the District 3 seat of the Mecklenburg County Commissioners on July 15. Lee is a Political Science and...
View Article“We are all Niners” - Chancellor addresses back to school safety concerns
Much of Niner Nation has not returned to campus since the tragic and abrupt ending of the spring semester when two students were killed and four were injured in an on-campus shooting. Now a new year is...
View ArticleUNC Charlotte Chancellor Philip L. Dubois announces retirement
UNC Charlotte Chancellor Phillip Dubois, has announced his plans to retire from his position effective June 30, 2020, in an email to the UNC Charlotte community. He currently is the longest-serving...
View ArticleUniversity City police officer shoots and kills gunman when responding to...
A little after midnight on Aug. 2, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department received a call from a female located at the same residence in the 3100 block Ernest Russell Court where police had been...
View ArticleNC legislators visit UNC Charlotte after passing $45 million in aid for...
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) visited UNC Charlotte on Friday, Aug. 2, where he discussed the $45 million in the legislative-passed budget for the renovations of the Burson and...
View ArticleUNC Charlotte Student Vivek Pathipati killed on University City Boulevard
On the evening of Aug. 2, UNC Charlotte Computer Science Master’s student Vivek Pathipati, 24, was walking along University City Boulevard when he was hit and killed by a van. The incident occurred in...
View ArticleWELCOME BACK: Fall 2019 Construction Update
While students moved back home, went on vacation or started jobs for the summer, construction on UNC Charlotte’s campus continued on. The University Recreation Center, Moore Hall, the Hotel and...
View ArticleWELCOME BACK: Two UNC Charlotte seniors are running for local office
As students return to campus, sift through syllabi, buy textbooks, and shift back to academic life, UNC Charlotte seniors Gabe Cartagena and Cade Lee will be doing just that– while also campaigning...
View ArticleWELCOME BACK: UNC Charlotte’s changes in leadership
After closing out a particularly difficult year, UNC Charlotte’s leadership has gone through some major adjustments. The end of the 2018-2019 school year has brought a rash of new hires and...
View ArticleWELCOME BACK: A post-shooting conversation with Chancellor Dubois
“We are all Niners.” Chancellor Dubois sent out a message on July 25, 2019 with those words accompanying a list of campus safety measures, precautions and resources. This was an effort to reassure...
View ArticleGunman opens fire at 49 North Student Apartments killing one person, injuring...
Two UNC Charlotte students shot. Just before one in the morning on Saturday Aug. 31, a gunman opened fire at 49 North Student Apartments, shooting four people one of which later died. The shooting...
View ArticleCharlotte 49ers implement alcohol into 2019 sports season
On June 19, House Bill 389 was signed into law allowing UNC Charlotte to sell alcohol at football, basketball, baseball and soccer facilities through a one-year pilot program. Soon after UNC...
View ArticleUNC Charlotte students and professors discover artifacts from the Babylonian...
The discovery of jewelry, pottery, arrowheads and a building dating back to 587 BCE marks the second significant discovery at the Mount Zion excavation site this year. A team of students and...
View ArticlePresidential candidate Beto O’Rourke talks gun control at a town hall near...
“I remember when we learned of the shooting on April 30, and how everyone who heard that news — wherever they were, whatever political party they belonged to, however many guns they owned or did not...
View ArticleMan stabbed at University City IHOP
On Sept. 1 just after 7 a.m, a Charlotte man was stabbed with a knife multiple times at a local IHOP just minutes from UNC Charlotte. The man suffered “serious injuries” according to the Charlotte...
View ArticleSearch for UNC Charlotte’s fifth chancellor underway
UNC Charlotte has begun the search for the University’s fifth chancellor to replace Philip Dubois, the longest serving chancellor in the entire University of North Carolina System, holding his...
View ArticleQueen City Circus meets UNC Charlotte
A student-led circus troupe revitalizes its presence on UNC Charlotte’s campus As one walks through UNC Charlotte’s campus, you may notice student organizations tabling for events, see your friends,...
View ArticleCampus flyer implicates associate vice chancellor of human rights violations...
An anonymous flyer has recently accused UNC Charlotte’s Associate Vice Chancellor for Safety and Security John Bogdan of overseeing multiple human rights violations during his time as a commander at...
View ArticleUNC Charlotte campaigns “We Are All Niners” to unite the Niner Nation
In recent months, UNC Charlotte has aimed to create a uniting media campaign that will focus on encouraging students to have strong “Niner Pride” as well as creating an appreciation for the Charlotte...
View ArticleUNC Charlotte shooter sentenced to life in prison - The defendant pleaded...
Content warning: This article contains details from the UNC Charlotte shooting on April 30 and information about the shooter. In an arraignment on Sept. 19, the UNC Charlotte shooter pleaded guilty...
View ArticleWhat is it like being a foreign exchange student at UNC Charlotte?
Each academic year, UNC Charlotte welcomes about 50-100 foriegn exchange students from all over the world. Even though UNC Charlotte is diverse and has a variety of cultures on campus, these students...
View ArticleFalling into a stress-free semester - An overview of the services provided by...
School has started up yet again, bringing with it fun and excitement, but also stress. Fall semester can be challenging for all students as it is the beginning of the school year and everyone is still...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Ambassador to Germany speaks to students about the future of...
In the Office of International Program’s first ever installment of the “International Speakers’ Series,” John Kornblum, former ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001, visited UNC Charlotte in...
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