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Jun Xu, recognized internationally as a battery safety and modeling expert, leads UNC Charlotte’s BATT CAVE — the North Carolina Battery Complexity, Autonomous Vehicle and Electrification Research Center — the only university-led battery research center in the state. Read more from UNC Charlotte.

The Graduate School recently awarded donor-supported graduate fellowships to 24 Charlotte students, representing a broad cross section of academic programs. Established to support exceptionally talented and committed graduate students, the Graduate School offers a variety of fellowships for program specific research or scholarship. The fellowships are presented annually in the spring with award payments beginning […]

North Carolina graduate students, administrators, and members of the NC Council of Graduate Schools visited the N.C. General Assembly in May 2023 to share the value of graduate education in North Carolina. Sherry Thomas, a Doctor of Nursing Practice graduate (May), attended with members of Graduate School staff. Charlotte was among 14 universities that participated. […]

NSF researcher Sydney Birch describes her research goals as she studies populations of larvae and their impact on benthic marine communities. Read Sydney’s summary at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

At the Spring 2023 Graduate Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 12 at the Dale F. Halton Arena, degrees were conferred to doctoral, master’s and certificate students. The 3 p.m. commencement was one of four ceremonies hosted by the University. Degrees conferred included over 100 doctoral, 1,000 master’s and 300 graduate certificates. The number of total […]

From January to mid-December, Santa Claus traditionally fills his time preparing for the holiday season. Making gifts, checking lists and … earning a Ph.D.? Titus Hopper, career readiness coordinator for Cleveland County Schools, spends his days encouraging students to stay engaged with school. Lately, he has been spending his evenings taking classes as part of […]

A public health sciences doctoral student returns to his native Democratic Republic of the Congo to make a difference. Read more from UNC Charlotte.

Hannah Partridge is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences. Learn about her involvement in the Audubon Campus Chapter, her favorite things about UNC Charlotte, and why she enjoys being a Ph.D. student. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

A group of students from Marc Manack’s Architecture program are gaining attention in local news media for an innovative housing design that enables homeowners to add Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) to increase the number of people who can live on their property. Manack, Associate Professor of Architecture, said the students designed and built ADUs to […]

Caitlin Brabblerose, Biology, and Philip Zendels, Health Psychology, were named top Teaching Assistant and Instructor of Record, respectively, in the Graduate School’s 2022-23 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards. The Graduate School hosts the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA) Awards annually to honor top TAs nominated by faculty supervisors for their work. The awards, one to […]