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First-Time International Graduate Enrollment Beats National Trend

   February 22, 2019

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...

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Nominate an Outstanding Graduate Program Leader

   February 15, 2019

The Graduate School is seeking nominations through March 15 for the new Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award honoring excellence in graduate program administration....

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Urban Design Team Partners with 7th Grade Team for "Tiny Park"

   February 7, 2019

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.  ...

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Writing Competition Announced

   February 5, 2019

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Erin Thomas Awarded Health and Disability Fellowship

   December 19, 2018

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.

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$750,000 GRANT AWARDED FOR VETERAN GRADUATE STUDIES

   November 30, 2018

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.

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Gropp, Signorelli Honored for Outstanding Theses

   November 20, 2018

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 and Summer 2018...

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Brown, Goodenow Take 2018 3MT Titles

   November 12, 2018

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.

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New Course Helps Teachers Identify Best Practices

   October 30, 2018

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...

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Graduate Students Polish Delivery for Career Success

   October 19, 2018

When your career is on the line, getting your point across can be everything.

 

Graduate students at UNC Charlotte are learning...

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