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Students learn from case studies, interviews, real-world coursework In construction, a capstone completes a building or monument. It is an essential part of the structure — and also an important symbol. Likewise, a capstone class crowns students’ studies symbolically and in practical terms. This is certainly the case with UNC Charlotte’s 10.5-month fast-track Master of […]

Thomas Schmidt’s 75-foot “Connected” echoes Charlotte’s electrical grid. Employing student and alumni assistants, art professor Thomas Schmidt has created and installed a magnificent large-scale work in the Duke Energy Plaza, the company’s new headquarters at 525 South Tryon Street in uptown Charlotte. The 75-foot wall installation, comprised of some 175 porcelain panels and 50 mirrors, […]

Agus Sudjianto, a highly accomplished risk management and quantitative methods expert with extensive experience in the financial services industry, is becoming an Executive in Residence for the School of Data Science. He will also be co-teaching a class on MLM with Professor Robert Fox this fall at SDS. Agus recently retired as Executive Vice President […]

The Graduate School reception desk and Graduate Admissions recruitment team have moved to the first floor of the Reese building, centrally located on the UNC Charlotte campus. This relocation aims to better serve the graduate student community and prospective students by providing improved accessibility and convenience for all visitors. The Graduate School and Graduate Admissions […]

Joseph Campos, formerly Associate Director of Admissions for Queens University, has joined the Graduate School as Assistant Director of Recuitment. Campos has over 20 years of experience in enrollment management, workforce development, and global partnerships. He will lead efforts to expand and strengthen Charlotte’s graduate international recruitment and enrollment strategies. He holds a B.S. in […]

UNC Charlotte was recognized again by Times Higher Education for its commitment to sustainability. For THE’s 2024 International Impact Rankings, released June 12, Charlotte ranks in six categories including: Good Health and Well-Being: Tied for No. 6 among U.S. universities and among the top 7% of ranked universities in the world. This category measures research […]

Emily Makaš, associate professor of architectural history, is a recipient of a 2024 grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. She and her research partner Arthur J. Clement, will use the $10,000 grant for archival research toward the book project, “Philip G. Freelon: An Architect of Relationships and Stories.” The […]

Graduate students interested in a teaching career will get a boost from the new Future Faculty Fellowship program recently launched by the Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning. The program’s first cohort of 10 graduate students on track to graduate this academic year spent last week with the Graduate School’s Faculty Associate […]

Technology – for all its benefits – sometimes sparks unintended challenges that require new ideas to solve. Solutions of this kind – grounded in research that advances technology’s positive aspects and reduces its risks for individuals and organizations – are exactly what Dongsong Zhang and Lina Zhou from the Belk College of Business create. “The […]

The College of Science hosted the Carolina Raptor Center as they released their 10,000th rehabilitated raptor on Saturday, Aug. 10. The red-tailed hawk spent 58 days in CRC’s hospital facility and was released into the trees at the Hauser Alumni Pavilion in front of a crowd of guests, including families and CRC volunteers. The event […]

When families with low and moderate incomes can rent single-family homes in communities zoned for higher quality schools, their children see improved achievements in school, according to new research by UNC Charlotte Belk College of Business Assistant Professor of Economics Kelly Vosters and colleague Thomas Mayock. “Historically, to live in a neighborhood or area zoned […]

Annalise Tolley, a doctoral student in the Health Psychology program, recently became Charlotte’s fourth recipient of the highly competitive P.E.O. Scholar Award. The P.E.O. Scholar Awards (PSA) provide merit-based awards for women who are pursuing a doctoral-level degree. They are provided by the P.E.O Sisterhood, an organization focused on helping women participate in graduate study.. […]