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By Lea Thompson (’20) CCI Computer Science (CS) undergraduate, Rawan Al-Shaer, recently received a Scholarship for Women Studying Information Security (SWSIS) from the Computing Research Association (CRA). Last year, Al-Shaer was awarded a Future of Computing Award from UNC Charlotte for her winning essay on the importance of gender diversity in CS and also took […]

UNC Charlotte has been invited to be a nominating entity for the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences, one of the most prestigious junior-faculty fellowships in the field. Participating institutions are selected on the basis of the scope of their work in biomedical research and recommended to The Pew Charitable Trusts by the National […]

The North State Telephone Company (North State) is expanding its support of CCI with the announcement of a $50,000 endowed scholarship to benefit students who promote gender equality in computer science and technical fields. Named in honor of Velva Hayden, who served as North State’s CEO from 1952-73, the Velva Hayden Memorial Scholarship for Women […]

When Dr. Jing Yang saw one of her students come to the aid of his peer, helping her from the classroom after she had suffered a seizure, Jung was deeply concerned and wanted to know if this was a commonplace event in the student’s life and how she could help. For her response, Yang earned […]

May 31: Eleven College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) students left Charlotte to participate in Normandy’s 74th commemoration of the D-Day invasion as members of the Pride of Niner Nation Marching Band. Traveling to France with more than 125 of their bandmates, the CCI students will perform along the shores of that famous beachhead where […]

A graduate of UNC Charlotte’s dual master’s program in public health and health informatics, Joseph Konstanzer, has been named a public health fellow at Public Health Institute (PHI)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), working out of the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy. The office is responsible for implementing the […]

The Data Science Initiative (DSI) has negotiated with Packard Place to develop a partnership and a new satellite site for the DSBA graduate programs. As of June 1, 2018, DSI secured a new classroom space in the uptown Charlotte facility. In fall of 2018, four courses will be shifted to the new facility as part […]

June 11, 2018: Assistant Bioinformatics and Genomics Professor, Dr. Xinghua “Mindy” Shi was notified by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that her project, “Integrative Approaches to Uncovering Complex Genotype-Phenotype Relationships in High Dimensional Genomics Data,” has earned a CAREER Award. “It is a great honor to receive this prestigious award,” Shi says. “NSF ABI is […]

CCI Team Earns $1M Grant from NSF to Increase Success of Underrepresented Populations A collaboration featuring Drs. Mohsen Dorodchi, Roslyn Mickelson and Bojan Cukic has been recognized by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its innovative approach to improving success in Computer Science (CS) for students from underrepresented populations. More than scholarships, iPass will provide […]

At the biennial Computing Research Association (CRA) Conference, Dr. Manuel Pérez Quiñones was honored as the recipient of the Nico Habermann Award. The CRA Conference, held at Snowbird Resort in Utah, is the flagship invitation-only conference for the leadership of the North American computing research community. Founded in 1972, CRA’s membership includes more than 200 […]