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The Graduate School is seeking nominations for the First Citizens Bank Scholars Award and the Harshini de Silva Graduate Mentor Award. The Graduate School invites nominations for the 2023 First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal. This award recognizes a senior full-time faculty member for outstanding scholarship, creativity, and/or research. Nominations may come from any UNC Charlotte […]

Erin Basinger, Ph.D., is a faculty member in the Department of Communication Studies. Learn more about her, why she loves teaching, and the advice she has for students in Inside UNC Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte was recently recognized among the best in the nation for its diversity and inclusion efforts in the 2022 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

Last week, the Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL) unveiled its new space in Atkins Library, Room 149, across from the Career Center. The CGLL provides graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with personal and professional support to ensure their future success. Their services and programming focus on helping students refine and strengthen five core […]

Since 2019, hundreds of Charlotte graduate faculty have taken steps to strengthen the university’s research output by strengthening their mentoring skill through the Graduate School’s Mentor Training program. Based on the evidence-based practices developed by the Center for Improved Mentoring Experiences in Research (CIMER) at the University of Wisconsin, Charlotte’s mentor training is part of […]

Charlotte Business Journal Manager Editor Erik Spanberg chronicles Charlotte’s rapid development over the past five decades and the integral role played by UNC Charlotte’s School of Architecture. Read more in the Charlotte Business Journal.

As the fall semester begins, incoming graduate students engaged in numerous opportunities with the Graduate School and the Center for Graduate Life & Learning (CGLL). Nearly 600 new UNC Charlotte graduate students attended the New Graduate Student Virtual Orientation. The webinar included welcome messages and advice from the Graduate School’s Dean Tom Reynolds, Assistant Dean, […]

Margaret Kocherga, ‘18 ‘21, Ph.D., recently won funding commitments from celebrity investors of “The Unicorn Hunters Show.” Kocherga, who received her degree in Nanoscale Science, pitched to the investors an ultra-thin lightening technology that helps brands stand out via customizable computer screens. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

Courtney Green, Ph.D., 2022, Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation, and Moinul Hossain, Ph.D., 2020, Electrical Engineering received the Graduate Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award for 2022. 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. Green’s dissertation, “Persistence of Engineering […]

Derrick Magee was recently appointed associate vice chancellor of campus enterprises at N.C. Central University. Magee, a doctoral candidate in the Belk College of Business, will defend his dissertation in fall 2022. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

Ellie Ivey, graduate enrollment coordinator, talked with WBTV News about what to consider when enrolling in graduate school.

Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director Valentina Cecchi has been appointed honorary consul of Italy to the state of North Carolina. In her role, Cecchi will promote economic and cultural exchange between Italy and North Carolina. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.