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Kaitlyn Holshouser, (left) Curriculum & Instruction-Urban Elementary Education, and Jules Maguire, English, recently received the respective Teaching Assistant and Instructor of Record award in the Graduate School’s 2020-21 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards. The two were selected from 31 nominees. Holshouser was selected for the innovative ways she embeds concepts into course activities to give […]

The Graduate School recently awarded donor-supported graduate fellowships to 17 UNC Charlotte students, representing a broad cross section of academic programs. The 2021-22 recipients were selected from among 987 applications, up more than 250 from 2020. Established to support exceptionally talented and committed graduate students, the Graduate School offers a variety of fellowships for program […]

UNC Charlotte’s annual #NinerNationGives 49 hours of fundraising Apr. 5-9 raised over $2 million with $22,391 to benefit students through graduate fellowships and the Center for Graduate Life services. Julie Green, Graduate Student Services and Fellowship Specialist, was selected by drawing to receive a hand-made Niner quilt donated by Claudia Reynolds, wife of Graduate School […]

A report just released by Charlotte-based Stratifyd spots key trends in a dramatically increasing number of consumer complaints about financial services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stratifyd, an AI-powered customer data analytics company, is headed by Derek Wang, Ph.D., Computer Science, 2011, the company’s founder and CEO. Wang is also a professor of Computer Science at […]

The Gerald G. Fox Master of Public Administration ranked in the top 17 percent of public affairs programs in the latest U.S. News and World Report “Best Graduate Schools” rankings, published Mar. 30. The latest recognition highlights the MPA program’s exceptional commitment to students’ needs and its leadership on societal issues through research and innovation, […]

Four students – two from the William States Lee College of Engineering and two from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences – were awarded the highly competitive and prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation for 2021. The four; Forest Atcheson, Electrical Engineering, Terawit Kongruengkit, Materials Engineering, Anthony Lindsay, Political Science, and […]

Graduate Faculty Fellow and Philosophy Professor Dr. Lisa Rasmussen addressed questions from WCNC-TV recently on the ethics involved with cutting line for COVID-19 vaccine shots. Rasmussen, who is leading a study at UNC Charlotte on ethics in research, said “It’s not clear that you can have a tight enough reign on this to make it […]

Akin Ogundiran, a Chancellor’s Professor and professor of Africana Studies, Anthropology and History, is the 2021 recipient of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal, UNC Charlotte’s most prestigious faculty award, in recognition of excellence in research. He was honored at a special Zoom ceremony on March 18. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

The Graduate School will host the 2021 Graduate Student Success and Wellness conference (GSSW2021) May 6-7, in collaboration with the Virginia Tech Graduate School and Appalachian State University. Topics for the event include the role graduate students play in research institutions, recent research on food insecurity, and a keynote presentation by renowned poet and professor […]

The University improved its standing as a Military Friendly campus from Bronze to Silver for the 2021-22 year. The award level denotes the extent to which the University meets and exceeds the standards for Military Friendly. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.