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Lydia Roos, doctoral student in Health Psychology, received the 2019-20 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. The P.E.O. Scholar Award is a competitive, merit-based $15,000 award intended to recognize and encourage academic excellence and achievement by […]

Rick Tankersley has been appointed Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development effective May 1, 2019. Tankersley has been serving as the interim vice chancellor since May 2018. He also has held the posts of Executive Director of the Charlotte Research Institute and as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education in the College of […]

The Center for Graduate Life recently announced the winners of its Graduate Student Photo Contest. Three 1st place winners were selected for different photographic categories. Maria Garcia’s photograph, Pugs & Kisses (left), won in the Grads and Pets category. Tyler Carrier won for Grads on Adventures. And Akshay Ayyanchira’s photograph won in the Grads on […]

The annual Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) Mar. 15 featured presentations from various areas of study within graduate programs. Awards were presented to top candidates for oral and poster presentations. Complete details can be found on the the Graduate and Professional Student Government‘s (GPSG) website.

Richard Lambert, professor of educational leadership in the Cato College of Education, is the 2019 recipient of the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award. He was honored at a special ceremony Wednesday, March 13, at the Harris Alumni Center at Johnson Glen. Lambert also is director of the Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation […]

Bernadette T. Donovan-Merkert, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Dept. of Chemistry, provided a tour of the Burson Building Mar. 13 to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. One of UNC Charlotte’s top legislative priorities for 2019 is funding renovations of the Cameron and Burson buildings to increase lab and classroom space for fast-growing fields including STEM, computing […]

According to the Student Assistance and Support Services (SASS) Office in the Division of Student Affairs, some UNC Charlotte students are experiencing housing insecurity, with some reporting living in their cars or couch-surfing at the homes of friends and family members. To assist those students, SASS and the Office of Housing and Residence Life have […]

Cato College of Education is recently announced the launch of the country’s first fully online master’s program in urban education. The 33-hour M.Ed. in Urban Education is designed to prepare educators and professionals deliver high-quality, culturally relevant instruction and services for students in increasingly diverse, urban school systems and communities across the United States. Read […]

The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) recently released its annual International Graduate Admissions Survey report, revealing a second consecutive year of decline in international graduate applications in the U.S. Nationally, the 240 colleges and universities participating in the survey had a 4% decline in international graduate applications, and a 1% decline in first-time enrollment from […]

The Graduate School is seeking nominations through March 15 for the new Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award honoring excellence in graduate program administration. The recipient will be selected from nominated Graduate Program Directors and Graduate Program Coordinators by a committee of Graduate School staff, graduate faculty and graduate students. Recipients receive an engraved plaque and […]

Students in UNC Charlotte’s Master of Urban Design (MUD) program teamed with seventh-graders from Piedmont Open IB Middle School to create the “10th Street Tiny Park” project in Charlotte recently. The project, led by Professor José Gamez and architecture graduate student and research assistant Amy Stewart, included features for safety and comfort. Read the full […]

The Marian Beane Crossing Borders Writing Competition is an internationally themed annual writing contest for UNC Charlotte students. All current UNC Charlotte undergraduate, graduate, and upper level (5,6) ELTI students are invited to submit a short essay (no more than 1000 words) addressing “How my international experience has affected my perspective of the world.” The […]