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Doctoral students can get $500 for applying for qualified fellowships this year. The payment is part of the Graduate School’s Fellowship Application Incentive Program (FAIP) to encourage more students to apply for fellowships in the 2018-19 academic year. Through FAIP, an incentive program launched last year, doctoral students can get $500 each for applying for […]

Ventureprise is seeking particpants for its fall 2018 Ventureprise Launch National Science Foundation I-Corps cohort. The six-week program provides UNC Charlotte faculty, staff and students with commercialization training and an initial $3,000 in NSF funding. The goal of the program is to identify potential commercial uses and prepare for more substantial commercialization funding opportunities, including […]

Last Saturday, the Graduate School and the Center for Graduate Life at UNC Charlotte welcomed over 700 incoming graduate students at Graduate Student Orientation. Associate Dean Katherine Hall-Hertel launched this year’s Orientation by providing impactful advice for thriving in, rather than merely surviving graduate school. Incoming students also learned about opportunities in the Center for […]

A series of five lecture/discussion events at UNC Charlotte this fall will focus on the campaign for and election of the tripartite presidency in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mirsad Hadžikadić, a well-known UNC Charlotte professor, is one of the candidates. Hadžikadić, who came to the U.S. as a Fulbright Scholar at Southern Methodist University and to […]

The first class of twenty eight M.S. in Management graduate students gathered on June 28 for orientation, embarking upon a 10 ½ month journey to their advanced degree. These students bring varied disciplines and bachelor degrees, from engineering to communications. The only undergraduate degree not represented is business, as this program is intentionally designed to […]

Contingent upon SACSCOC approval, UNC Charlotte will offer a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering tentatively beginning with the Fall 2019 class. This will become the University’s 24th doctoral program. The new degree will provide doctoral-level education for students seeking civil engineering careers in practice, research and teaching/academia. Because UNC Charlotte is a leader in urban research, […]

Tumininu (Tumi) Lawanson recently was named a Young Clean Energy Innovator of the Year by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) at its Intersolar North American ceremony in San Francisco, California. “Personally, I count it as a privilege and an honor to be recognized as one of two Young Clean Energy Innovators of 2018 by […]

Rajan Puri, a doctoral student in mathematics, on June 15 was awarded the David Merchant International Student Award for Achievement by the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars. Selection for the award is based on scholastic achievement and participation in international educational or community activities. Puri is a graduate teaching assistant and a […]

Dr. Eleonora Dávalos, Public Policy, and Dr. Britney Phippen, Biological Sciences, are recipients of the 2018 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award. This award is presented each year by the Graduate School to recognize outstanding research and scholarship by a doctoral student at UNC Charlotte. Dávalos’ dissertation focuses on the effects of the strategies used to control […]

Beginning Monday, July 2, 2018, residency determinations for graduate students at UNC Charlotte will be centralized at the statewide North Carolina Residency Determination Service (RDS) rather than determined locally on campus. New applicants claiming NC Residency as well as currently enrolled students who wish to apply for in-state residency for tuition purposes will be required […]

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 […]