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Stanford University’s Tomorrow’s Professor, an online faculty development resource, recently featured an excerpt from a book chapter by the Graduate School’s Assistant Teaching Professor of Writing, Lisa Russell-Pinson. Russell-Pinson teaches graduate-level academic writing courses and develops workshops and initiatives to help doctoral candidates succeed in dissertation writing. The chapter, entitled “From Avoidance to Action: Helping […]

Ya-yu Lo, professor of Special Education and graduate program director for the M.Ed. and MAT programs in the Department of Special Education and Child Development, is the 2021 recipient of the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award. She was honored at a special Zoom ceremony Thursday, Feb. 18. Lo specializes in school-based multi-tiered interventions […]

UNC Charlotte’s Master of Science in Mathematical Finance program was named among the nation’s top-ranked by TFE Times, an online platform that offers news on business, culture, tech and rankings of colleges, accounting, business analytics, computer engineering, economics, education, finance, law, management, marketing, and medicine. Read more at the Belk College of Business.

Peter Wong, Associate Professor of Architecture, was selected to receive the Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award for 2020-2021 for his contributions to student success above and beyond his teaching role. The Reynolds Leadership Award honors excellence in graduate program administration and is presented annually to a Graduate Program Director (GPD) or Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC). […]

Former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long will headline UNC Charlotte’s third annual “Talking Policy in the Queen City” symposium Feb. 24, Noon-1:15 p.m. via Livestream. The event, hosted by the UNC Charlotte Public Policy Ph.D. Program and the Gerald G. Fox Master of Public Administration Program, in partnership with the UNC Charlotte […]

A graduate education session for prospective students launched in January provides a real-time link between programs and interested potential students. Hosted by Graduate Admissions representatives Maryanne Maree-Sams, Director of Graduate Recruitment and Post-Baccalaureate Student Advising, and Ellie Ivey, Graduate Enrollment Coordinator, the first session on Jan. 21 connected 90 students with 40 programs in simultaneous […]

UNC Charlotte professor Sonyia Richardson, Ph.D. received the 2021 Social Worker of the Year award from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) North Carolina Chapter. The award commends Richardson’s social work practice and involvement with NASW and other professional, civic and community organizations. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

Associate Provost and Graduate School Dean Dr. Thomas Reynolds recently was included in a Stanford University study as one of the top 2% of researchers in the world. The study lists the most cited researchers. UNC Charlotte had 41 researchers on the list. Approximately seven million scientists across disciplines were considered for inclusion. Read more […]

Badrul Chowdhury, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a member of UNC Charlotte’s graduate faculty, is the principal investigator for an EPIC project that was recently chosen one of 10 nationwide for support by the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO). The project aim is to improve the resilience and reliability […]

The Workplace Competencies Certificate, introduced recently through the Center for Graduate Life, is among several key actions UNC Charlotte has taken to respond to the local job market and the region’s needs. The Univesity has introduced three new degree programs and five graduate certificate programs that are relevant to the current and future job market, […]