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As Facebook, Google and smartphones were becoming more ubiquitous in society, the one-time IBM research engineer and program director Igor Jablokov ’01 MBA stood on a stage before an audience, opened a Motorola Razr flip phone and began to speak. Behind him on a giant screen, for all to see, his words appeared. The year […]

On a brisk spring morning in 2018, Saravana ’03 M.S. and Katherine ’03 M.S., ’05 Ph.D. Kumar said goodbye to their two young children and left their home in Minnesota on one of the most high-stakes road trips of their lives. Their destination was a hospital in Quebec City where a 77-year-old patient was preparing […]

Lauren Hultquist, a Master of Arts in Psychology student, received the top award in the 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition for her presentation “Keyboard Warriors,” an examination of the nature of online anonymity, including its effect on dark personality traits. The event, sponsored by the Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning, […]

The Fall 2024 Accelerate to Industry (A2i) workshop series concluded last month, having connected 60 Charlotte graduate students to thought-provoking and career-enhancing presentations from distinguished experts representing Novant Health, TIAA, Pesta, Finnie and Associates, LLP, 704 Shop, and Siemens Energy. A2i is a workforce development program that allows graduate students to explore diverse career paths […]

In late October, dozens of UNC Charlotte graduate students presented at the preliminary rounds for 3 Minute Thesis (3MT), a competition developed by the University of Queensland that challenges graduate students to succinctly summarize their research for a non-specialist audience in 3 minutes or less. The concept for 3MT is simple, but daunting. The trick […]

UNC Charlotte has been recognized as one of the top 30 universities in the United States for career outcomes and return on investment for international students, according to the 2024 F1 Hire Career Outcome University Ranking, released Oct. 16. The ranking, compiled using federal data sources by the international career management website F1 Hire, considers […]

The Graduate School is seeking nominations for the 2025 Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award. This award recognizes a full-time member of the graduate faculty who exemplifies outstanding graduate mentoring. Nominations should come from a chair of the academic department. This award was established in memory of Dr. Harshini de Silva, an associate professor […]

Dr. Terry Xu, Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Programs, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, was selected to receive this year’s Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award for her leadership in maintaining a thriving graduate program during a tumultuous period. Dr. Xu is credited with maintaining consistency and high academic standards and transparency in Ph.D. qualifying […]

Two UNC Charlotte Klein College of Science students were announced today as team finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition, from the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Students Naz Fathma Tumpa, a nanoscale chemistry Ph.D. student, and Aiden Hawkins, a senior chemistry major working toward a bachelor’s of science degree, have been working with advisors Michael […]

Driven by student and research success outcomes, UNC Charlotte has reached new heights in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Colleges rankings released Tuesday, Sept. 24. UNC Charlotte climbed to No. 81 (tie) among U.S. public universities, a 15-spot improvement. Charlotte also received its highest U.S. News national ranking, climbing 26 spots to No. […]