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A Durham, NC, based company co-founded by Namit Singh, 2012 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, has joined a partnership to provide public transit fleet electrification planning to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Microgrid Labs Inc., launched in 2015, will join Boston-based Enel X, an advanced energy services business of Italian multinational power provider Enel Group. The […]

Lara Vetter, professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, was presented with the 2020 Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award this week in a ceremony postponed from spring. The award honors her many contributions to student success and graduate program management. As director of graduate studies for the Department of English and […]

Currently enrolled master’s or doctoral students are invited to compete to win up to $500 in UNC Charlotte’s annual 3MT Three Minute Thesis competition. For fall 2020, the competiton goes virtual! Originating at the University of Queensland, Australia, the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a professional international research communication competition, that celebrates the discoveries made […]

The Center for Graduate Life (CGL) has announced the names of the 2020-21 STEM Communication Fellows. The STEM Communication Fellows Program is aimed at improving communication skills among STEM scholars. Eight doctoral and postdoctoral scholars each year receive intense instruction and interaction on multiple communication formats ranging from policy papers to social media posts. Learn […]

Congratulations to the 2020 Graduate School Fellowship Award Recipients! We are so proud of you, your academic accomplishments, as well as your dedication and commitment in attaining your advanced degrees. We also want to say thank you to the generous donors who have the vision and foresight to give selflessly of their time and treasure […]

A record-setting 2,400 newly registered graduate students helped take UNC Charlotte fall enrollment over 30,000 for the first time in the University’s 75-year history. Enrollment figures published Sept. 21, 2020 also included 4,000 new first-year students and 2,600 transfer students. The graduate school enrolled 712 more in-state students than fall 2019. “We are now the […]

Through a graduate course in Public Health Sciences called Communicating and Disseminating Research, scholars are learning to increase the reach and impact of their research through effective communication. Student teams are using such tools as podcasts to share information of discoveries in public health research. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

Graduate students Ashkan Radnia, Gavin Reeb, and Spencer Sparagna in the School of Architecture landed an award in the 2020 Steel Design Student Competition, an annual contest presented by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). Read more at the College of Arts + Architecture. -Story […]

Nominations are sought for the 2020 Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award for a Graduate Program Director or Coordinator who exhibits excellent leadership and outstanding service. Graduate Program Directors and Coordinators are leadership positions for the University and play an important role in the success of graduate education. Dr. Lara Vetter, English, received the distinction for […]

Bioinformatics researcher Cynthia Gibas and a diverse team representing multiple academic departments have achieved national attention for work they are doing to help detect the presence of COVID-19 days sooner than is possible with today’s testing. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.