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UNC Charlotte College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) Bioinformatics and Genomics professor Dr. Rebekah Rogers has been fascinated by freshwater mussels since childhood. Raised in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama, which sits along the Tennessee River and is home to one of North America’s most diverse populations of mussels, Rogers even did her high school science project on the now-...
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In a recent Stanford University study, five faculty researchers from UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) were ranked among the top two-percent of scientists in the world.
The report, first published in the prestigious PLOS Biology Journal, evaluated and ranked approximately seven million scientists across more than 20 disciplines from 1965-2019. Based...
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As part of an innovative response to the pandemic and shifting student needs, UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) Professor Manuel Pérez Quiñones partnered with the College Board as an Advanced Placement (AP) Daily course lecturer. Leaning on college professors from more than 200 universities nationwide, the College Board developed “AP Daily,” free online videos...
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This week, UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) hosted its 21st Annual Cybersecurity Symposium. Presented virtually over the course of three days (October 6-9), the event drew nearly 900 attendees, a 25% increase over the in-person 2019 edition.
Shifitng from two decades as an in-person, on-campus event to a wholly virtual platform presented a number of challenges...
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In December, College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) adjunct professor Stephen Welch hosted an inaugural poster presentation of his students’ work in the atrium of UNC Charlotte’s Center City building. In addition to students and faculty, Welch invited industry partners and members of Charlotte’s tech community to attend and interact.
Welch, also VP of Data Science at Mariner, sees...
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On December 5th, faculty and staff at UNC Charlotte's College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) gathered for a carnival-themed holiday party, which featured great food, prizes, games and special guest magician, Luke Kirchhoff. Just 16, Kirchhoff, a magic prodigy from Charlotte, has been featured on local television and performed for thousands in his live shows. At the CCI...
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Though it will not show up in any Ancestry.com profile, and even Henry Louis Gates, Jr. would be unable to find it in our roots, we and the humble sand dollar are related - sort of.
Prized by beachcombers the world over, the sand dollar (in fact, all echinoderms) share a deep evolutionary ancestor with we vertebrates.
In fact, by examining the evolution of sand...
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Stratifyd, a tech startup founded at UNC Charlotte's College of Computing and Informatics (CCI), will expand its operations, add at least 200 jobs and move to a new 30,000-square-foot office located within an opportunity zone in Charlotte’s FreeMoreWest neighborhood.
The announcement was made on Thursday, Oct. 31, by officials from the city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County at a news...
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