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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 […]

Erin Vinoski Thomas, Ph.D., Public Health Sciences, received the National Association of County and City Health Departments’ (NACCHO) 2018-19 Health and Disability Fellowship, affording the opportunity to work with public health agencies nationwide. Read the full story at the College of Health and Human Services.

The Office of Naval Research and Development has awarded UNC Charlotte a $750,000 grant to help attract and support military veterans in enrolled in STEM disciplines at the graduate level. The program emphasizes mechanical engineering. The three-year program builds on the success of a similar program that ran from 2014-17. For more information, please visit […]

Matthew Gropp, MS, Earth Sciences and Julia Signorelli, MA, English, recently received the Graduate School’s Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award. The Master’s Thesis Award goes annually to a student nominated by faculty for the quality of their thesis work. This year’s award applies to students who completed their master’s degree requirements and thesis between Fall 2016 […]

Xueying Brown and Donna Goodenow emerged as UNC Charlotte’s best graduate presenters Nov. 9 following the 2018 Three-Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition at the Halton Reading Room of Atkins Library. Brown, a Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Engineering, won both the top award and the People’s Choice, determined by a vote of the estimated 90 people attending […]

Coming Spring 2019 from the Center for Graduate Life’s (CGL) professional development team is a new course that equips graduate students who teach, or undergraduates who want to learn, to identify and build effective classroom practices. “Whether designing a course, planning a syllabus, or creating materials for class, teachers want to use evidence-based best practices […]

When your career is on the line, getting your point across can be everything. Graduate students at UNC Charlotte are learning how to boil down extensive and complex research or scholarship into a brief, compelling presentation that anyone can understand – especially the boss. In November each year, students take what they’ve learned to the […]

VIP Guest – Among the APT conference attenders who visited Turner (right) in the UNC Charlotte booth was Adlerian Play Therapy pioneer and author Terry Kottman (foreground) who has written several related books. The idea behind Adlerian Play Therapy is to use play to analyze a child’s family life, including interactions with family members. Graduate […]

Kennedy Honored: Belk Business School faculty and UNC Charlotte leaders were on hand recently for the unveiling of the plaque honoring Dr. William F. Kennedy’s contributions to the University. Among the participants were (L-R) Rick Zuber, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Joan Lorden, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Tom Reynolds, Associate Provost and Dean […]

A UNC Charlotte research team led by Dr. Juan Vivero-Escoto, Associate Professor of Chemistry, recently received a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve delivery and impact of cancer treatments through nanoscience. The research project, “Biodegradable Hybrid Nanoparticles Containing Photosensitizing Agents,” is a continuation of a joint project with researchers in Brazil […]

Postdoctoral researchers were feted recently at a Postdoctoral Appreciation Tea held as part of National Postdoc Appreciation Week. The event was hosted by the Center for Graduate Life to express appreciation for the contributions to campus postdocs make.