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Colleges Move to Single Point of Contact for Graduate Academic Services

The new college liaison model for delivering graduate academic services simplifies support process.
   August 14, 2023

Beginning this Fall 2023 semester, the UNC Charlotte Graduate School is debuting a new, college-focused organizational structure that will provide students, faculty and staff a single point of contact for questions and support for all...

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A Sacred Space

Alumnus Kevin Donaldson takes action to restore historic Cedar Grove Cemetery
   August 10, 2023

When Kevin Donaldson ’21 first visited Cedar Grove Cemetery last year, he found sunken graves, toppled gravestones, piles of trash and more than 90 trees and tangled vines destroying gravesites.

“There are folks who still come out and visit graves, but someone older likely could not do so safely,” Donaldson...

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Congratulations to the 2023-24 Graduate Teaching Fellows

Graduate School Names 2023-24 Teaching Fellows

   August 8, 2023

Students representing a broad cross-section of UNC Charlotte graduate programs were selected recently to participate in the 2023-24 Graduate School Teaching Fellows program. 

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Stronger Together

A Call for Gender-Inclusive Leadership in Business Schools
   August 8, 2023

Business schools create and disseminate research in diversity, equity and inclusion, yet, gender inequity persists in their leadership ranks, says a new paper led by Charlotte Belk College of Business Professor Janaki Gooty. The paper’s authors offer...

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Chancellor's Annual Report 2022-2023

Charlotte powers the future of our fast-growing region as an emerging top-tier research university
   August 7, 2023

During the 2022-23 academic year, UNC Charlotte made great strides toward its efforts to become a globally recognized top-tier research university. 

With a growing number of faculty awards and discoveries, rising national recognition for innovative academic and student success programs, and impactful regional partnerships...

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Squaring Up

Redevelopment concepts include a walkable district connecting University to surrounding area.
   August 3, 2023

You’ve probably heard the rumblings of development plans for the Mallard Pointe Shopping Center, directly across from the light rail’s J.W. Clay Station.

Initially coined as “the new University Main Street” by Charlotte-based Cambridge Properties via a recent Axios Charlotte ...

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Weighing Risk, Seizing Opportunity

Life challenges did not deter data scientist Khem Khadka ’22 from achieving his goals.
   August 3, 2023

Khem Khadka ’22 has proven that despite enduring harsh living conditions for years, it is possible to accomplish great things. The key, he says, is persistence and applying lessons from each chapter of life toward a positive outcome. 

By December 2023, his persistence will pay off with a master’s degree in data...

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Aidan Browne

Cybersecurity Double Take

Aidan Browne and his team are taking the fight against cyber attacks to the manufacturing industry.
   July 20, 2023

As a doctoral candidate at the University of Connecticut, Aidan Browne made a career decision. Academia would be his path forward — but only after gaining industry experience in a manufacturing environment. 

“The best professors were the ones having first done great work in industry,” he...

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Genetics explains why some individuals never have COVID-19 symptoms

Have you ever wondered why some people never became sick from COVID-19?
   July 20, 2023

Have you ever wondered why some people never became sick from COVID-19? A study published today in Nature shows that common genetic variation among people is responsible for mediating SARS-...

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Right Spirit for Business and History

Terri White prepares launch of specialty spirits brand while leading the Charlotte Museum of History
   July 18, 2023

Terri White has a lot to celebrate. A self-professed museum junkie, she says she has achieved dream job status: CEO and president of the Charlotte Museum of History, a position she assumed in 2022. 

She was well-experienced, having previously served in leadership roles at the Heinz History Center, the Carnegie Science Center and the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum...

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