Home
What’s new in Carolina Graduate School Magazine
Chapman, Brinkley, Swamy, Tiede, and Grumbles discuss solutions to campus challenges
Five panelists offered their view on solutions to a complex system of shared governance and academic freedom at UNC-Chapel Hill and beyond.
Message to the class of 2020
Congrats to the class of 2020!
Understanding our Universe: Department of Energy Names Clark Outstanding Graduate Student
Morgan Clark named Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program outstanding graduate student.
The GPS: Graduate and Professional Student Bi-Weekly Email
The GPS: Graduate and Professional Student bi-weekly email from The Graduate School.
Graduate global learning gets a boost
UNC-Chapel Hill is one of nearly 60 institutions around the world selected for a DAAD grant with a focus on fostering international connections for graduate students.
Freelon, Rank, Shuping-Russell, and Goldstein Discuss Complexities and Challenges of Shared Governance and Academic Freedom During University-Wide Panel
The Graduate School and its Royster Society of Fellows hosted part one of a two-part discussion on shared governance and academic freedom at institutions of higher education.
The Graduate School Celebrates Latinx Heritage Month—and a Diversity of Voices in Higher Education: Deshira Wallace
The Graduate School celebrates Latinx Heritage Month and lifts the voices of Hispanics—with an understanding of the complexities of cultural and national identities.
Royster Society of Fellows: Shared Governance and Academic Freedom: The Foundations of Higher Education and Their Uncertain Future—Part II
While the history of higher education is one of constant tensions among state, private and faculty power, recent attacks on the work of researchers and educators are more subject to disinformation and political polarization than in decades past
Graduate Student Work
-
Master’s Degree Student Savannah Ryburn Featured in Media Outlets
Savannah Ryburn, a 2021 recipient of The Tom and Karen Sox Summer Research Fellowship, has had her research on the diet of sharks featured in multiple media outlets.
-
Summer Research Fellow Spotlight: Hayden Giuliani ’17 (MS)
Giuliani is the recipient of The Donald and Alvene Buckley Summer Research Fellowship, supported by generous donors and by The Graduate School.
-
Summer Research Fellow Spotlight: Alayna Mackiewicz
Mackiewicz is the recipient of The Gordon W. and Janice L. Plumblee Summer Research Fellowship, supported by generous donors and by The Graduate School.
-
Diversity and Student Success ‘Beyond These Walls’ highlights identity, stress, and resiliency among black families
Diversity and Student Success held its annual Beyond These Walls event online in April 2021, which featured three doctoral students from the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience’s StAR lab.
N.C. Impact
-
Triangle Business Journal Names Kathy Wood, Director of Diversity and Student Success at The Graduate School, as a 2021 Leader in Diversity Award Winner
Triangle Business Journal has named Kathy Wood, the director of Diversity and Student Success (DSS) at The Graduate School, as a 2021 Leader in Diversity Award Winner.
-
COVID-response collaborative blends data science, community wisdom
Faculty and graduate students create the I4 Boundary Spanners program to address local COVID-19 concerns by combining data analysis with firsthand community perspectives
-
Impact Award, Horizon Award recipients selected for 2021, for research benefiting North Carolina
Graduate students and recent graduate alumni apply for The Graduate School’s annual awards and are nominated by their academic departments.
-
Graduate student ‘Boundary Spanners’ help N.C. communities address COVID-19 challenges
The Graduate School project, funded through the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory, provides a team approach combining data science, public policy and service.
Campus News and Updates
-
Chapman, Brinkley, Swamy, Tiede, and Grumbles discuss solutions to campus challenges
Five panelists offered their view on solutions to a complex system of shared governance and academic freedom at UNC-Chapel Hill and beyond.
-
Message to the class of 2020
Congrats to the class of 2020!
-
Understanding our Universe: Department of Energy Names Clark Outstanding Graduate Student
Morgan Clark named Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program outstanding graduate student.
-
The GPS: Graduate and Professional Student Bi-Weekly Email
The GPS: Graduate and Professional Student bi-weekly email from The Graduate School.
Alumni and Friends
-
Why I Give: Fran and Paul Hoch
Why I Give: Fran and Paul Hoch—supporters of The Graduate School’s Summer Research Fellowships.
-
Landmark Gift Will Support Graduate Education In STEM
An anonymous donor has provided a bequest that will increase graduate student diversity in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) — and reduce debt for hundreds of future students.
-
Michelle Ikoma Named Inaugural Recipient of the Paul and Frances Hoch Founders Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Student Advocacy
A student in the UNC School of Medicine has received the inaugural Paul and Frances Hoch Founders Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Student Advocacy.
-
Graduate schools across North Carolina celebrate Graduate Education Week with legislative day; Tar Heel Three Minute Thesis competition
Public and private institutions across our state, including The Graduate School, celebrate Graduate Education Week.