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The Graduate School’s Diversity and Student Success program receives the ETS/CGS Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education award
The award recognizes promising, innovative proposals to enhance student success and degree completion at the master’s and doctoral levels while promoting inclusiveness.
Kate McAnulty joins The Graduate School as associate dean for student affairs; her first day is Feb. 1
McAnulty most recently served as associate dean of graduate studies within the California Institute of Technology.
The Graduate School honors ‘the highest level of graduate student scholarship at UNC-Chapel Hill’
The 2021 recipients of the Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award are Katherine Calvin, Alex Gertner, Nicholas Levis and Xun Xiao
Message about Jan 6, 2021 from Dean Barbour
“Until now, we have generally viewed our low stone walls as conduits to academic collaboration. In the wake of the insurgence in our divided country, I encourage us to use our walls as a metaphor to prompt self-reflection, conversation, and understanding.”
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
Congratulations to Carolina’s winter graduates!
Dean Suzanne Barbour’s Commencement message for the December 2020 graduates of the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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.
Mental Health in the Black Community, Nov. 2, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
StigmaFree Carolina, an initiative of The Graduate School’s Royster Society of Fellows, will host a virtual panel discussion on mental health within the Black community on Nov. 2.
Graduate Student Work
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The Graduate School honors ‘the highest level of graduate student scholarship at UNC-Chapel Hill’
The 2021 recipients of the Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award are Katherine Calvin, Alex Gertner, Nicholas Levis and Xun Xiao
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Mental Health in the Black Community, Nov. 2, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
StigmaFree Carolina, an initiative of The Graduate School’s Royster Society of Fellows, will host a virtual panel discussion on mental health within the Black community on Nov. 2.
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New study shows COVID-19 shapes approval of political leaders
A new study reveals an interesting phenomenon that occurred during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic: a surge in support for political leaders.
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Health Care Deficits Increase COVID-19 Risk in Rural Populations
At the beginning of the novel coronavirus pandemic, major cities like New York became epicenters for the virus’s spread. But rural populations have also been hit hard.
N.C. Impact
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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
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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.
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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.
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2020 Impact and Horizon Award Winners
Each year, The Graduate School honors graduate students in programs throughout our University for their powerful discoveries that contribute to a better future for people and communities in North Carolina. We’re pleased to present 11 Impact Awards and six Horizon … Continued
Campus News and Updates
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The Graduate School’s Diversity and Student Success program receives the ETS/CGS Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education award
The award recognizes promising, innovative proposals to enhance student success and degree completion at the master’s and doctoral levels while promoting inclusiveness.
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Kate McAnulty joins The Graduate School as associate dean for student affairs; her first day is Feb. 1
McAnulty most recently served as associate dean of graduate studies within the California Institute of Technology.
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Maria Dykema Erb named inaugural director of Boston University’s Newbury Center
Erb, who has co-directed The Graduate School’s Diversity and Student Success program since 2016, will support first-generation BU students in new role.
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Setbacks & Failures: The Road to Success in Academia
StigmaFree Carolina, an initiative of The Graduate School’s Royster Society of Fellows, hosted a virtual panel titled “Setbacks and Failures: The Road to Success in Academia.”
Alumni and Friends
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Louis Howard Porter, doctoral alumnus in history, is selected for dissertation prize
Porter, who teaches classes on Russian history at UNC-Chapel Hill, is currently writing a book based on his dissertation.
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Meet Elijah Heyward III
Doctoral alumnus is determined to make a difference in his home community as the first chief operating officer for the International African American Museum
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Ramesh Raskar, to give 2019 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony keynote address
Ramesh Raskar, who co-invented a camera to “see around corners,” and a method for “reading” through closed books, will give the keynote address at the 2019 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony.
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Alumni Focus: Anne York
Doctoral alumna in business administration, academic entrepreneur, mentor shares advice for graduate students, support for diversity.