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The Graduate School currently seeks nominations for the annual competition for the 2021 Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award. Recognizing the full-time member of the graduate faculty who evinces outstanding graduate mentoring, nominations should come from a chair of the academic department. This award was established in memory of Dr. Harshini de Silva, an […]

The Graduate School currently seeks nominations for the 2021 First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal. Recognizing outstanding scholarship, creativity and/or research among senior full-time faculty members, nominations may come from any UNC Charlotte faculty member. The First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal has been awarded since 1988 with last year’s honoree being Dr. James Walsh, Department of […]

Doctoral Candidate Name: Taavy Alaine Miller Program: Defense Date and Time: September 21, 2020 – 1:30 PM Defense Location: Virtual Committee chair’s Name: Dr. Melinda Forthofer Committee Members: Abstract: The objective of this dissertation is to inform clinicians, researchers and policy makers of the potential value of prosthesis intervention for individuals who experience a lower […]

The William States Lee College of Engineering offers a Graduate Certificate in Precision Metrology Program that is designed to fill a knowledge gap many engineers experience. The program provides its students with a broader understanding of metrology, and exposes them to advanced techniques in dimensional measurement and data analysis. Learn more in a story by […]

Torrieann Dooley-Kennedy, (top left), Curriculum & Instruction, and Mubin Tarannum, Nanoscale Science, each were selected for the Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award for 2020. The award is presented each year by Graduate School Dean Thomas Reynolds to recognize outstanding research and scholarship by a doctoral student at UNC Charlotte. Dooley-Kennedy’s dissertation, “ExperiencED Success: Does Mentoring Beginning […]

Ivanna Garibaldi Campbell has joined the Center for Graduate Life in a volunteer Executive-in-Residence role. A graduate of Baruch College’s BBA program, Ivanna began her career on Wall Street as a financial analyst with Morgan Stanley’s Global High Yield and Emerging Markets trading desk. She relocated to the Carolinas to pursue her MBA/Master of International […]

If you are interested in biomedical school, or in a career focused on innovative technologies in the life sciences, two new UNC Charlotte graduate certificates can help you meet your goals. The Department of Biological Sciences has developed graduate certificates in biomedical sciences and in biotechnology, in response to student and societal needs. “The world’s […]

A matching gift challenge issued by Graduate School Dean Tom Reynolds in June helped raise $18,693 for the UNC Charlotte Student Emergency Fund. UNC Charlotte has distributed more than $7.8 million as CARES Act Emergency Grants to more than 7,000 students. Federal requirements, however, prevent some students from benefiting, such as new students, international students, […]

UNC Charlotte graduate admissions staff will host an online session to learn the basics about the admission process for applying to graduate certificates. A general overview of funding, fellowships, financial aid, and assistantships will be presented. Included in the session will be information on one of the newest graduate certificates, Workplace Competencies. A graduate certificate […]

Continuing and new undergraduate and graduate students were briefed on changes they will experience when they arrive for classes in the fall. In a letter, Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Joan Lorden explained that, while face-to-face classroom instruction will continue to be offered, many courses will blend face-to-face with remote instruction and others […]