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Art history professor named associate dean for research
   January 13, 2025
Jae Emerling is the new associate dean for research in the College of Arts + Architecture. This three-year appointment was effective with the start of the spring 2025 semester. As associate dean for research, Emerling will support the college’s research initiatives (both graduate and undergraduate) and the strategic pursuit of research and extramural funding. In consultation with the...

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Belk College researcher named top in nation, fourth globally in family business field
   January 10, 2025
Belk College of Business Professor Franz W. Kellermanns has again ranked first in the nation and fourth worldwide for family business research in an annual assessment by Texas State University. UNC Charlotte earned the No. 2 spot nationally and was ninth among universities worldwide. Texas State University released the Family Business Research Productivity Ranking in December...

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William Tolone Named Dean of Charlotte's Graduate School
Tolone joins the Graduate School from the College of Computing and Informatics
   January 9, 2025
William “Bill” Tolone has been named Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School at UNC Charlotte. His appointment was approved in December, and he began the role Jan. 1, 2025. Previously, Tolone was an associate dean and professor in the College of Computing and Informatics. “His leadership on multi-institutional research initiatives and in administrative roles has played an...

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Driven to Innovate
Entrepreneur Igor Jablokov is reducing the distance between people and information through AI
   January 8, 2025
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 was 2006, and the event was Five Ventures Challenge, an...

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State of the Heart
A grad school romance led to a med-tech breakthrough that may save the lives of millions of patients
   January 8, 2025
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 to undergo surgery for a chronic heart condition. The patient had never met the...

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Hultquist Takes First Place in 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
Hultquist Takes First Place in 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
Research communication event draws largest audience since inception
   December 9, 2024
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, was held Nov. 22 in the Rowe...

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Graduate Students Level Up their Careers with Industry-Ready Skills Program
   November 15, 2024
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...

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Three Minutes, One Big Idea: Graduate Students Present Innovative Research in 3 Minute Thesis Competition
   November 11, 2024
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 comes in making complex information...

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Graduate Students Seated During Commencement
UNC Charlotte ranks among top 30 in U.S. for career outcomes, ROI for international students
   November 4, 2024
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 four factors: average salary,...

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Dr. Terry Xu Receives Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award
Xu is recognized for exceptional leadership in graduate education
   October 2, 2024
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 exams...

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