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Adam Reitzel

Adam Reitzel Selected to Lead Grant Writing Development for the Graduate & Postdoctoral Writing Center

NSF and NIH grant recipient has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications
   December 12, 2023

Adam Reitzel, Professor of Biological Sciences and co-director for the CIPHER Center, was recently named Faculty Fellow of Grant Writing in the new UNC Charlotte...

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M.S. in Bioinformatics student, Jennifer Gilby, Wins Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals and is joined by Dean Pinku Mukherjee

M.S. in Bioinformatics student, Jennifer Gilby, Wins Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals

Graduate students articulated research findings in three minutes or less.
   November 28, 2023

Jennifer Gilby, M.S. in Bioinformatics student, was selected as the first-place winner in the...

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Graduate & Postdoctoral Writing Center door with Charlotte logo

UNC Charlotte Unveils New Graduate & Postdoctoral Writing Center

Attend the open house on Nov. 1 from 12 to 3 p.m.
   October 10, 2023

The new Graduate & Postdoctoral Writing Center (GPWC), a collaboration between the Graduate...

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Teaching Excellence

Exum, Beete Praised for Teaching Excellence

   September 28, 2023

M. Lyn Exum...

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Govan and Wu

Govan, Wu Receive 2022-23 Graduate School Awards

Pair lauded for their leadership and support for graduate education.
   September 25, 2023

The 2022-23 Graduate Program Excellence Award recipients, originally announced in May, were honored Sept. 20 in a reception held in the Student Union Art Gallery. Honorees are shown with Dr. Pinku Mukherjee, Interim Dean of the Graduate School, and Dr. Tom Reynolds, Dean Emeritus.

Dr. Jy Wu, Infrastructure and Environmental...

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Sifting Through History

A North Carolina archaeological dig unearths new knowledge about early 20th-century Black education
   September 21, 2023

Growing up in Mississippi, Camille Richardson witnessed the telling and retelling of the tragic story of a family member who perished when the Ku Klux Klan firebombed his home. 

“While saving his family from the fire, he didn’t make it out,” Richardson said. “My mother first told me the story when I was very young. That’s one thing that has always remained with me.” 

While the...

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Research Reveals Boosting Strategies that Mitigate Risks of COVID-19 in Cancer Patients

   September 21, 2023

For many, the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic seems over. However, for patients whose immune systems are compromised by cancer or by cancer therapies, fear of COVID-19 infection and severe disease remains very real.

Currently, CDC guidance recommends that immunocompromised patients receive COVID-19 booster shots “as needed.” While this flexibility is useful for patients with complex...

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Graduate student presents research

UNC Charlotte Receives $500,000 NSF Grant to Revolutionize STEM Graduate Training in Communication

The project aims to help STEM graduate students translate research to non-specialists audiences.
   September 14, 2023

UNC Charlotte was recently awarded a three-year National Science Foundation Innovations in Graduate Education grant of approximately $...

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Mentor Training for Graduate Faculty Offered Nov. 3

Curriculum comes from the Center for the Improvement of the Mentored Experience in Research (CIMER)
   September 14, 2023

The Graduate School will offer Mentor Training for graduate faculty Nov. 3, 9:00-4:00. The session will be held in the Student Union, Room 200.

The session, based on the Center for the Improvement of the Mentored Experience in Research (CIMER), is highly...

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Graduate students in crowd at commencement

UNC Charlotte Graduate Enrollment Soars to New Heights

Master’s degree enrollment +5.2% - Charlotte’s largest master’s-level student population
   September 13, 2023

UNC Charlotte’s graduate enrollment set several records this fall – reaching a total enrollment of 6,317 students – as the University recorded a near-record total enrollment of...

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