Grad Admissions

Holly Bennett is a first-year master’s student in kinesiology and teaching assistant in the Department of Applied Physiology, Health and Clinical Sciences who is invested in the health and well-being of people in the Charlotte area and “would like to play a role in helping it become a healthier place,” she said. Read more about […]

Allison Petrauskas ’16 recently was awarded the New Professional Art Educator Award from the National Art Education Association. Petrausks teaches at Harold E. Winkler Middle School in Concord, NC. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

Charlotte’s Master of Science in Mathematical Finance program recently ranked among the top ten programs in the nation by TFE Times’ Best Masters of Financial Engineering program rankings. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

For the second consecutive year, Charlotte has earned a Military Friendly School Gold Award for its commitment to military service members, veterans and their dependents. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

In a recent National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development Survey, UNC Charlotte placed in the top three colleges and universities in the nation for fiscal research expenditures. Expenditures for research have grown 87% since 2012, the survey said. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

The Diversity Scholars Forum held on Friday, March 24 showcased research that centers on diversity, equity and inclusion issues related to the community － both on campus and in the greater Charlotte community. To showcase their work, amplify their voices and celebrate the value of diversity, student presenters gave short lightning-round style poster presentations about […]

By Lynn Roberson Megan Mitchem ’21, a UNC Charlotte doctoral student, volunteers in her son Anthony’s elementary school. When he was a third-grader, she displayed photos of individuals tending beehives, practicing karate and hiking on trails, to name a few. Read more at UNC Charlotte Features.

Charlotte faculty members Kirill Afonin and Margaret Quinlan are the 2023 recipients of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal and the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award, respectively. They were honored at a faculty awards ceremony March 7. “One of the most significant accomplishments for us over the past few years has been the […]

Currently pursuing his Ph.D. with a focus on Data Analytics and Higher Education, Yash Tadimalla recently returned from a trip to Cape Town, South Africa where he represented the World Student Platform for Engineering Education (SPEED) on the panel Engineering for Good – Peace & Humanitarian Engineering at the 2022 World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF). […]

Mary Lou Maher, professor of software and information systems in the College of Computing and Informatics, recently was honored by the National Center for Women and Information Technology as the 2023 Harrold and Notkin Research and Graduate Mentoring Award recipient. Maher is among the top world researchers in AI and visualization and her publications have […]