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Alumna Amy Kennemore – who faculty recall as a rising star – is one of 21 Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows for 2018; this honor is presented by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Kennemore is an anthropology Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, San Diego. Her dissertation, “Searching for Indigenous Justice: Navigating the […]

Four graduate students received the 2018 Lucille P. and Edward C. Giles Dissertation-Year Graduate Fellowship. Focusing on STEM programs, The Giles Fellowship awards a $20,000 stipend, plus $1,000 for travel, health insurance, full tuition and fees for doctoral students in their final year. The 2018 Recipients include: Ravil Bikmetov, Ph.D., Optical Science and Engineering David […]

With a little push from the Graduate School’s Fellowship Application Incentive Program (FAIP), Joseph Mays, Ph.D. student in Optical Science and Engineering, applied for and received the DoD’s Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship. SMART scholarships range from 1-5 years and cover full tuition up to $38,000 plus an allowance for health insurance […]

UNC Charlotte initiated a new tradition for commencement 2018 with the first-ever doctoral hooding ceremony. This event, held Thursday, May 10, was the first time that doctoral students were recognized with a separate ceremony from the main Commencement exercises. Students’ faculty advisors also participated in the ceremony. This novel doctoral hooding ceremony underscores the growth […]

In its second year, the Reynolds Research Fellowship was awarded to nine doctoral and three masters student researchers for projects ranging from the study of infanticide in Victorian-era Britain to a new military helmet designed to repel rifle bullets. Reynolds Fellowship Recipients (L-R): JoEllen Pope, Bin Kong, Cecily Basquin, Joshua Huot, Neha Mittal, Emre Palta, […]

UNC Charlotte’s Devin Clegg sees a strong linkage between his selection for a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and lessons he learned when conducting biological sciences research and playing football with the Charlotte 49ers. Clegg, who completed his bachelor’s degree in exercise science at UNC Charlotte in 2016, is pursuing a master’s degree […]

Mukulika Bose, doctoral student in Biological Sciences, received the 2018 P.E.O. International Scholarship from the P.E.O Sisterhood, an organization focused on helping women around the world participate in graduate study in the U.S. and Canada. Mukulika is a member of Dr. Pinku Mukherjee’s lab in the Department of Biological Sciences. Mukulika participated in the Graduate […]

Dr. Jill S. Huerta joins UNC Charlotte’s Graduate School July 2 as Director of the Center for Graduate Life (CGL). Jill will assume overall responsibility for the strategic direction and day-to-day operations of the CGL. The Center for Graduate Life provides professional development, support and sense of community to help prepare 5,000 graduate students for […]

The Graduate School honored Kevin Chauncey, MA English, and Xiaoxue (Lisa) Chen, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, as 2018’s top graduate teaching assistants (TA). The Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award recognizes students nominated by faculty supervisors for their work as teaching assistants. The awards, presented at the Doctoral and Master’s levels, recognize outstanding and innovative teaching techniques. […]

Pinku Mukherjee, Professor of Biological Sciences, was awarded the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal April 11 at the Harris Alumni Center at Johnson Glen. The First Citizens Medal is UNC Charlotte’s most prestigious faculty award for excellence in research. Mukherjee, who also is chair of the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Liberal […]