Someone you know probably has toxoplasmosis. The Taxoplasmosa gondii protozoan, which reproduces in cats but infects many other animals, resides in nearly 1 out of 4 people over the age of twelve. The good news: UNCG senior David Sykes is working on the logistics for a vaccine to eliminate the … Continued
Dr. Robert Anemone, head of UNCG’s Department of Anthropology, and Anemone’s student Ashley Bryant spoke with North Carolina Science Now’s Frank Graff about their fossil dig this summer in the Wyoming badlands. See the segment online on the UNC-TV website, or tune in to North Carolina Now tonight at 7:30 p.m. … Continued
On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Greensboro entrepreneur Alan Neely will tell community members the story of how he successfully founded, developed, and sold his two companies, New River Innovation and InvoiceLink. The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of the UNCG Entrepreneurial Journeys series. Neely is an experienced … Continued
Staton Noel, the Director of the UNCG Office of Innovation Commercialization, sent us this great informational video from the AUTM network:
Nominations for UNCG’s annual Research Excellence Awards are underway for the 2014-2015 year. The campus-wide recognition program was established in 1988 on the principle that creating and diffusing knowledge is a formal obligation of the University. Work by Research Excellence awardees contributes in an exemplary fashion to this end. Each … Continued
Repost from UNCG NOW Professionals who work with children ages five and under have a new professional development resource that will equip them to continue providing high-quality early childhood education. The Guilford County Partnership for Children has awarded a Smart Start grant to UNCG’s Education, Quality Improvement and Professional Development … Continued
Repost from UNCG NOW UNCG’s School of Education has been awarded a five-year, $7.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant will further UNCG’s efforts to emphasize technology integration across all teaching fields as well as recruit, train and support more Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) … Continued