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24 Graduate Students Awarded Donor-Supported Fellowships for 2023-24
   June 5, 2023
The Graduate School recently awarded donor-supported graduate fellowships to 24 Charlotte students, representing a broad cross section of academic programs. Established to support exceptionally talented and committed graduate students, the Graduate School offers a variety of fellowships for program specific research or scholarship. The fellowships are presented annually in the spring with award...

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Charlotte Present for Graduate Education Day in Raleigh
   June 5, 2023
North Carolina graduate students, administrators, and members of the NC Council of Graduate Schools visited the N.C. General Assembly in May 2023 to share the value of graduate education in North Carolina. Sherry Thomas, a Doctor of Nursing Practice graduate (May), attended with members of Graduate School staff.  Charlotte was among 14 universities that participated.  Students meet...

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Sydney Birch Receives Conducts NSF Research
   June 5, 2023
NSF researcher Sydney Birch describes her research goals as she studies populations of larvae and their impact on benthic marine communities.  Read Sydney's summary at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

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Graduate students in regalia at commencement
Record Number of Doctoral Degrees Conferred at Spring Commencement
Commencement week events included the Dean’s Doctoral Dinner
   May 25, 2023
At the Spring 2023 Graduate Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 12 at the Dale F. Halton Arena, degrees were conferred to doctoral, master’s and certificate students. The 3 p.m. commencement was one of four ceremonies hosted by the University. Degrees conferred included over 100 doctoral, 1,000 master’s and 300 graduate certificates. The number of total doctoral degrees conferred represents a...

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Titus Hopper as Santa Titus
Santa earns doctorate from UNC Charlotte
   May 12, 2023
From January to mid-December, Santa Claus traditionally fills his time preparing for the holiday season. Making gifts, checking lists and … earning a Ph.D.? Titus Hopper, career readiness coordinator for Cleveland County Schools, spends his days encouraging students to stay engaged with school. Lately, he has been spending his evenings taking classes as part of UNC Charlotte’s Educational...

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Research-Based Solutions
Local Context Meets Global Impact
   May 11, 2023
A public health sciences doctoral student returns to his native Democratic Republic of the Congo to make a difference. Read more from UNC Charlotte.

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Meet Hannah Partridge
   May 10, 2023
Hannah Partridge is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences. Learn about her involvement in the Audubon Campus Chapter, her favorite things about UNC Charlotte, and why she enjoys being a Ph.D. student.  Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

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Grad Students Grab Media Attention for Affordable Housing Design
   May 2, 2023
A group of students from Marc Manack’s Architecture program are gaining attention in local news media for an innovative housing design that enables homeowners to add Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) to increase the number of people who can live on their property. Manack, Associate Professor of Architecture, said the students designed and built ADUs to provide affordable space for people to live....

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Resources for Graduate Research
Pranamita Chakraborti provides insight on instruments available at UNC Charlotte.
   May 2, 2023

As graduate students at UNC Charlotte, we have access to several instruments on campus that we use for our research. This proves to be extremely helpful especially for us in STEM fields.

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Govan, Wu Receive 2022-23 Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Awards
   May 2, 2023
Dr. Jy Wu, Infrastructure and Environmental Systems, and Carmalita Govan, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, were selected to receive the Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award for 2022-23. The Reynolds Leadership Award honors excellence in graduate program administration and is presented annually to a Graduate Program Director (GPD) or Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC). ...

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