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UNCG, where doctoral students thrive

Melissa Elmes, a doctoral student in medieval literature at UNCG, discusses her experience at UNCG. Learn about Elmes’s recent work in the highly selective and prestigious Folger Institute Spring 2015 Seminar here.  I want to write a little about why UNCG has proven to be an excellent place to conduct my research. I … Continued


Feasts, Catastrophe, and the Folger Seminar

In October 2014, Melissa Elmes, a doctoral student in medieval literature at UNCG, was accepted into the Folger Institute’s spring 2015 seminar. Elmes joins a growing list of UNCG doctoral students and faculty accepted into these highly selective and prestigious Folger programs. The Scale of Catastrophe: Ecology and Transition, Medieval … Continued


Code like a girl

Code like a girl. Sound strange? Not to Naomi Thomas, a UNCG sophomore double majoring in Computer Science and Business Administration. Thomas is working to revolutionize the way girls are represented in technology, a field traditionally dominated by men. Thomas has helmed the widely celebrated Information Technology (IT) is for … Continued