Graduate School

Physician and UNC Charlotte graduate candidate Saugat Karki was selected recently for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) prestigious Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program (PHIFP).

Rajan Puri, a doctoral student in mathematics, recently received the David Merchant International Student Award for Achievement from the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars. The award honors one international student who demonstrates exceptional accomplishments in the areas of scholarship and service.

Beginning Monday, July 2, residency determinations for graduate students at UNC Charlotte will be centralized at the statewide North Carolina Residency Determination Service (RDS) rather than determined locally on campus.

New applicants claiming North Carolina residency as well as currently enrolled students who wish to apply for in-state residency for tuition purposes will be required to do so through the RDS. This change occurred for undergraduate students early last year. 

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships support outstanding graduate students. Devin Clegg and Corbin Grohol are two such students, and they are the latest UNC Charlotte recipients of this prestigious award.

Jill Huerta will become director of the Center for Graduate Life effective Monday, July 2. She will assume the overall responsibility for the strategic direction and day-to-day operations of the center, which is an initiative of the UNC Charlotte Graduate School.

The Graduate School is accepting applications for its newest graduate research grant, the Thomas L. Reynolds Graduate Student Research Fellowship. This unique award is named for the dean of the UNC Charlotte Graduate School.

The Graduate School will conduct an information session from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 28, in Cato Hall, Room 248, for University employees who hold baccalaureate degrees and are interested in graduate studies.

Enrollment counselors will explain the easy application process, answer program questions and distribute HR information for the tuition waiver and free textbook rental programs.

The Graduate Student Funding Task Force recently completed a series of campus forums to solicit information on graduate student support. 

The task force also needs help to shape the future of graduate funding. Students, faculty or staff are encouraged to submit their ideas, issues, challenges, suggestions and possible solutions via email to fundingtaskforce@uncc.edu by Thursday, Feb. 1.

What if people could lower their blood pressure simply by squeezing their hands? 

It may sound too good to be true, but a UNC Charlotte research team is producing some very promising results with isometric exercise – flexing muscles without moving a joint.

In September 2017, the master’s thesis “Internal Activism and Its Implications for Organizational Legitimacy: A Case Study of the NBA’s Reaction to the National Anthem Protests in Sports” was one of the top 25 accessed through the ProQuest website.

Corey Kelly, a graduate student in communication studies, wrote the thesis, under the director of Daniel Grano.