General News

A number of UNC Charlotte’s graduate programs were among those included in the national 2019 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings. The Belk College of Business’ part-time MBA program was ranked in the top 25 percent of the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report. In addition, CEO Magazine once again […]

One of Poland’s leading public health experts, Dr. Donata Kurpas, MD, PhD, of Wroclaw Medical University, will participate in an information exchange with UNC Charlotte and local health care leaders as part of National Public Health Week Apr. 3-10. Dr. Kurpas’ visit will include presentations to Healthcare Systems student groups and opportunities for collaboration with […]

Niner Central Student Services Center opens Tuesday, Mar. 13 online and in Cone University Center. Among the available services are financial aid/loans, billing/payments, registration/records and transcripts. For more information, visit NinerCentral.uncc.edu, or call 704-687-8622.

The American Association of University Administrators (AAUA) has announced that Philip L. Dubois, chancellor of UNC Charlotte, is the recipient of the Eileen Tosney Award for Career Service in Higher Education for 2018. The award, considered AAUA’s highest individual recognition, honors the outstanding, long-term contributions of administrators in higher education. It will be presented at […]

Sarah Lowry, a Masters of Public Administration student at UNC Charlotte, recently was named a finalist for the Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) conducted by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Since 1977, the Presidential Management Fellowship has connected the Nation’s top graduate students with opportunities within the Federal government. This is an extremely competitive selection […]

The town of Davidson, North Carolina, recently applauded a UNC Charlotte Masters of Public Administration (MPA) Honors team for conducting a hazard analysis for the town. The team documented potential hazards and assessed community preparedness as part of the project. Dr. Thomas Barth directs the MPA director in the Department of Political Science and Public […]

UNC Charlotte Health Services Research doctoral student Laura Clark has been recognized with a best research poster award at the 20th Annual European Congress of the International Society For Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). Clark was selected for the best poster award in the student category for her work on the burden of a renal […]

Master’s Graduates Melissa McLeod, Biology, and Jonathon Walker, Sociology, are the 2017-18 recipients of the Graduate School Outstanding Master’s Thesis Awards. McLeod was recognized in the Life Sciences category for her thesis, “The Role of Translesion Synthesis Polymerases REV1 and Pol eta in DNA Damage Response”. In the Social Science category, Jonathon Walker was honored […]

UNC Charlotte master’s student Corey B. Kelly’s thesis focusing on the public relations implications of NBA players’ protest of the national anthem was one of the most downloaded documents in October, according to ProQuest, a global online source for scholarly information. Kelly’s thesis, “Internal Activism and Its Implications for Organizational Legitimacy: A Case Study of […]

Doctoral students Bhaskar Mitra and Pankaj Bhowmik won first and second place, respectively, at the recent Duke Energy Week poster presentation. Only the top 20 teams/individuals were given the opportunity to present during the conference, held at the Fuqua School of Business. Mitra’s winning presentation was entitled “Protection Coordination for Assembly HVDC Breakers for Bipolar […]