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Student Veterans Uphold Charlotte’s Military Friendly Reputation
   December 5, 2022
UNC Charlotte students Angel Rodriguez and Bethany Mavromatis, both veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces, lead efforts to engage other veteran students on campus.  The two founded Student Veterans of America chapter SVA-49s to provide greater opportunity for veterans to connect on campus. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

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Archeological Dig Aims to Uncover History of One of America’s Surviving Rosenwald Schools
   December 5, 2022
As efforts mount in Iron Station, North Carolina to preserve one of the few remaining examples of the historic Rosenwald Schools, UNC Charlotte’s Camille Richardson, M.A.- Anthropology, is helping uncover the hidden secrets left behind by the children who once played in its school yard. Richardson is leading an archeological dig at Mount Vernon School, built in 1925 and one of only two remaining...

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Pinku Mukherjee Named Interim Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
   November 30, 2022
Pinku Mukherjee, who currently is the Irwin Belk Distinguished Professor for Cancer Research and associate dean for research and graduate education in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, will serve as the interim associate provost and dean of the Graduate School effective Jan. 3, 2023, succeeding Tom Reynolds, who will retire after 40 years of service to the institution.  Mukherjee is a...

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3MT Finalists and Judges on Stage
Research Spotlight: Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Winners Announced
The competition challenges graduate students to summarize their research in three minutes or less.
   November 29, 2022
Louie Alexander, M.S. in Bioinformatics student, was selected as the first-place winner in the 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on Nov. 18 for the presentation titled "Identifying Sorghum Plant Genes to Improve Biofuel Production". The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia that challenges...

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Marshall, Pando, Webb Receive Master’s Thesis Honors
   November 28, 2022
Sylvia Marshall (far left), History, Alexandra Pando, Anthropology, and Eric Webb, Meteorology, each were selected for the Graduate School’s Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award for 2022. Marshall’s thesis won in the Humanities and Fine Arts category. Her thesis, "Nourishing the Movement: Georgia Gilmore’s Club from Nowhere during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-...

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A2i Series Taps Region's Top Business Leaders
   November 21, 2022
Nov. 16 marked the completion of Charlotte’s Fall 2022 Accelerate to Industry (A2i) series, six information-packed sessions on vital career preparation topics led by executives of some of the region’s most prominent businesses. The series, sponsored by the Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL), is a workforce development program that allows graduate students to explore diverse career...

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UNC Charlotte Rises in World Research Rankings
   November 8, 2022
In a 2023 report from The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, UNC Charlotte's prominence for research and academic excellence is growing, placing among the top 114 U.S. universities and 33 spots above the last survey.  Read more in Inside UNC Charlotte.  

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Charlotte Women in STEM Inspire Future Innovators
   November 8, 2022
Faculty and alumni STEM experts are actively recruiting talented women and girls to enter STEM fields to improve research and business outcomes.  In this UNC Charlotte feature, “Researchers and Alumni Inspire New Generations of Women STEM Professionals,” writer Sonja Barisic focuses on the remarkable accomplishments of four Charlotte STEM leaders. Read more in Women in STEM.

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Charlotte Graduate Programs Rank High Nationally in Diverse 100
Ranking lists Charlotte graduate degrees among top programs
   October 28, 2022
UNC Charlotte is again recognized for its commitment to helping students from historically underrepresented groups earn graduate and undergraduate degrees. In its 2022 Diverse 100 rankings, the news magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education listed UNC Charlotte graduate programs in the top 10 in two categories and No. 3 among North Carolina-based universities in all master’s degrees combined...

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Brotherton, Scholes Awarded 2021-22 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
   September 26, 2022
Two students in the College of Liberal Arts...

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