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MPA Honors Team Lauded
The town of Davidson, North Carolina, recently applauded a UNC Charlotte Masters of Public Administration (MPA) Honors team for conducting a hazard analysis for the town. The team documented potential hazards and assessed community preparedness as part of the project. Dr. Thomas Barth directs the MPA director in the Department of Political Science and Public […]

DOCTORAL STUDENT AWARDED BEST POSTER AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
UNC Charlotte Health Services Research doctoral student Laura Clark has been recognized with a best research poster award at the 20th Annual European Congress of the International Society For Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). Clark was selected for the best poster award in the student category for her work on the burden of a renal […]
McLeod, Walker – Top Master’s Thesis Honors
Master’s Graduates Melissa McLeod, Biology, and Jonathon Walker, Sociology, are the 2017-18 recipients of the Graduate School Outstanding Master’s Thesis Awards. McLeod was recognized in the Life Sciences category for her thesis, “The Role of Translesion Synthesis Polymerases REV1 and Pol eta in DNA Damage Response”. In the Social Science category, Jonathon Walker was honored […]

Master’s Thesis Grabs National Attention
UNC Charlotte master’s student Corey B. Kelly’s thesis focusing on the public relations implications of NBA players’ protest of the national anthem was one of the most downloaded documents in October, according to ProQuest, a global online source for scholarly information. Kelly’s thesis, “Internal Activism and Its Implications for Organizational Legitimacy: A Case Study of […]

Engineering Students Take Top Honors at Duke Conference
Doctoral students Bhaskar Mitra and Pankaj Bhowmik won first and second place, respectively, at the recent Duke Energy Week poster presentation. Only the top 20 teams/individuals were given the opportunity to present during the conference, held at the Fuqua School of Business. Mitra’s winning presentation was entitled “Protection Coordination for Assembly HVDC Breakers for Bipolar […]

Master’s Students Win Top Prizes in International Data Analytics Competition
Several graduate student teams from UNC Charlotte won three major awards in the 2017 Teradata University Network (TUN) Data and Analytics Challenge, an international data analytics competition. Photo (l to r) Vinaya Tinguria, Noelline Dsouza, Aysha Nahan, Esra Alshammari and Shaarvani Karvula One team received the Overall Winner (first place) and also People’s Choice Award […]

Grad School Staff Member Takes the Cake
Congratulations to the Graduate School’s Debbie Roseman for her big win during this year’s annual UNC Charlotte Staff Fall Festival! Debbie works diligently as the Business Service Coordinator in Cato Hall and clearly has some real skill when it comes to baking. This year Debbie entered into the Bake-Off competition where she impressed judges and […]