FIRST DOCTORAL DEGREES AWARDED

MAY 2014 – The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) has celebrated a milestone in graduating its first doctoral students on Friday, May 9, 2014.

Two University of North Carolina at Greensboro students, Rabeah Rawashdeh and Joseph Estevez, each received their Ph.D. in nanoscience. The first Ph.D. nanoengineering candidates are expected to graduate in December 2014. JSNN’s first class included 18 students and since its opening in December 2011, enrollment has increased to 80 students evenly divided between the two disciplines.

JSNN is the flagship research institution located at Gateway University Research Park’s south campus.