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Feb. 4 GPS: The Graduate School’s newsletter for graduate and professional students
Read the GPS newsletter from Feb. 4, 2025
Jan. 21 GPS: The Graduate School’s newsletter for graduate and professional students
Read the GPS newsletter from Jan. 21, 2025
Graduate Student Experience Fall 2024 Update
Dean Beth Mayer-Davis provides an update on the Fall 2024 progress of the Graduate Student Experience initiative.
Happy Spring FDOC 2025 from Dean Beth Mayer-Davis
Dean Beth Mayer-Davis welcomes graduate students for the Spring 2025 semester and shares resources available through The Graduate School.
Jan. 7 GPS: The Graduate School’s newsletter for graduate and professional students
Read the GPS newsletter from Jan. 7, 2025
Carolina celebrates the Class of 2024 at Winter Commencement
“You’ve persevered and become even stronger,” Chancellor Lee H. Roberts told graduating Tar Heels at the Dec. 15 ceremony.
Graduate Student Work
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Twins team up on cancer research
At Lineberger, the search for solutions is personal for postdocs Ryan and Brandon Mouery ’24 (PhD).
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Graduate student discovers youngest transiting planet ever
Identified by Carolina astronomer Madyson Barber, the “baby” planet is 3 million years old and roughly the size of Jupiter.
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Ready, Set, Present: grad students explain big ideas in just three minutes
10 Carolina graduate students challenged themselves to present complex research findings to a general audience in under three minutes.
N.C. Impact
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2023 Tar Heel Bus Tour: Carolina graduate students making a difference
The Graduate School’s own Brian Rybarczyk thoroughly enjoyed the 2023 Tar Heel Bus Tour trip.
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Air Quality Action
Ph.D. student Hayley Plass’ research on algal blooms and air quality will have widespread implications for North Carolina communities.
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The 2022 Tar Heel Three Minute Thesis: Graduate education and its impact
May 23 until May 27 is Graduate Education Week across North Carolina.
Campus News and Updates
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Feb. 4 GPS: The Graduate School’s newsletter for graduate and professional students
Read the GPS newsletter from Feb. 4, 2025
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Graduate Student Experience Fall 2024 Update
Dean Beth Mayer-Davis provides an update on the Fall 2024 progress of the Graduate Student Experience initiative.
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Happy Spring FDOC 2025 from Dean Beth Mayer-Davis
Dean Beth Mayer-Davis welcomes graduate students for the Spring 2025 semester and shares resources available through The Graduate School.
Alumni and Friends
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Jeff Ayers beat cancer to earn his doctorate
Battling through cancer, the doctoral candidate in mathematics had to play catch-up to earn his degree on time. A Summer Research Fellowship gave him the boost he needed.
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Nominations Open for Graduate School Advocacy and Development Board
Dean Beth Mayer-Davis has announced the formation of the Graduate School Advocacy and Development Board. Read about the board’s mission to advance and support The Graduate School in its mission to foster world-class graduate and professional education at UNC-Chapel Hill.
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Seeking summer internship hosts
Host a Carolina graduate student as part of Bridge Beyond Carolina: Experiential Learning for Graduate Students