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UNC Charlotte’s Master of Public Administration program is waiving for Summer 2020 and Fall 2020 applicants the requirement of an appropriate score on the Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical sections of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). “Our MPA program offers options for building careers with non-profit, government, arts and similar organizations,” Barth said. “To help people […]

Dr. Sharon L. Gaber today becomes the fifth chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She currently serves as president of The University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, and is nationally recognized educator. “The graduate education community at UNC Charlotte warmly welcomes Dr. Gaber,” said Tom Reynolds, Associate Provost and Dean of the […]

Margaret Kocherga, Ph.D., Nanoscale Science, was selected to join Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the entrepreneurship program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory. She will begin the two-year program in June. Her work through CRI will focus on the development of a single robust material to create higher-efficiency cost-effective OLEDS (Organic Light […]

Patrick Bounds and Marc Duemmler, Mechanical Engineering students in the Lee College of Engineering, recently were awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. Since the program began in 1952, more than 35,000 fellows have been […]

Lauren Austin, Public Policy, was invited to an interview on WFAE’s Charlotte Talks, Feb. 21 at 9.m. The following is is the station’s description of the event: A stay-at-home order is in place. Medical equipment is hard to find. There’s an illness causing flu-like symptoms, and it spreads easily. The year is 1918. Today’s coronavirus […]

Lara Vetter, professor of English, was selected to receive this year’s Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award for her contributions to student success and enrollment management. The award comes with $1,000, an engraved plaque and the recipient’s name engraved on a perpetual trophy on display in the Graduate School. “Our Graduate Program Directors comprise faculty who […]

Nitika, doctoral student, Biological Sciences. Nitika, Ph.D., Biological Sciences, and Caroline Brinegar, MA, Geography, were recently designated UNC Charlotte’s most Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants (TA). The pair were recognized remotely as part of the University’s effort to fight the Coronavirus pandemic. Each received the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, which includes $1,000 and a plaque. […]

While three graduate programs moved up in the US News and World Report School Rankings this year, most are holding their own. UNC Charlotte’s highest ranked program, Public Budgeting and Finance, held at #23 in the nation. Our Public Administration MPA program improved by two places to #58 while Health Psychology moved up from #113-#88. […]

The US Department of Education recently announced that holders of federal student loans will may suspend payments for two months to help them deal with the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. Interest rates also are set to 0% for that period. For more information, please read the US Dept. of Education’s news release.

UNC Charlotte has created two emergency funds, supported by donations, to help its students in need during the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic. Learn how you can support them on Inside UNC Charlotte.