Awards and honors
Dec. 11 is deadline for faculty awards
Friday, Dec. 11, is the nomination deadline for the following faculty awards:
Architecture professor wins prestigious Rotch Travelling Scholarship
Assistant Professor of Architecture David Costanza has won the 2020 Rotch Travelling Scholarship, a historic, prestigious award that supports international travel and research.
Health Services Research alumna earns family planning fellowship
Comfort Olorunsaiye, a 2015 Ph.D. graduate of the UNC Charlotte’s Health Services Research program, has received a Changemakers Grant from the Society for Family Planning.
Africana Studies researcher’s book continues to win acclaim
UNC Charlotte Africana Studies associate professor Oscar de la Torre’s first book continues to garner awards, now recognized with two best book prizes and one honorable mention award.
Africana Studies researcher’s book continues to win acclaim
UNC Charlotte Africana Studies associate professor Oscar de la Torre’s first book continues to garner awards, now recognized with two best book prizes and one honorable mention award.
Africana Studies professor awarded international fellowship
Tanure Ojaide, Frank Porter Graham Distinguished Professor of Africana Studies at UNC Charlotte, has received a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship from the Institute of International Education to share his expertise with students and faculty in Africa.
Graduate School recognizes outstanding doctoral dissertations
Torrieann Dooley-Kennedy, a doctoral student in Curriculum and Instruction, and Mubin Tarannum, a Nanoscale Science Ph.D. student, are the Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award winners for 2020.
Humphrey, Troyer chosen for UNC System leadership institute
Jesh Humphrey, vice chancellor for Institutional Integrity and chief counsel, and Jennifer Troyer, dean of the Belk College of Business, are among a select group of participants for the first cohort of the UNC System Executive Leadership Institute (ELI).
Public health professor receives prestigious national fellowship
UNC Charlotte public health professor Michael Dulin has been selected for one of the nation’s most prestigious fellowships in health policy.
English professor to conduct research during National Humanities Center residency
Associate Professor of English Juan Meneses will spend four weeks this summer in residency at the National Humanities Center in the Research Triangle Park completing the third chapter of his second book, tentatively titled “Denizens! On Foreigners, Visitors and Other Outsiders.”Meneses will join a select group of about 40 scholars from across the nation who were chosen to do research in residency at the center, with the timing guided by the state’s protocol on COVID-19.