Repost from Campus Weekly The National Science Foundation has awarded one million dollars to support Science, Technology and Math Preparation Scholarships (STAMPS) at UNCG. The National Science Foundation will support a collaborative effort proposed by faculty and staff within UNCG’s College of Arts and Science, School of Education, and University … Continued
Repost from UNCGNow Dr. John Z. Kiss has only been on UNCG’s campus for a few months, but it’s clear that the new dean of the College of Arts & Sciences has hit the ground running. From his support of the newly launched UNCG Humanities Network and Consortium (HNAC) to … Continued
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Emily J. Levine’s article “Baltimore Teaches, Göttingen Learns: Cooperation, Competition, and the Research University” was published in the June issue of The American Historical Review. In the article, she argues that the modern research university was co-created through mutual transatlantic exchange and reveals the historical … Continued
One of the first things a young English major will learn is that the discipline is about far more than reading books, poems, and plays. Although we still call them “texts,” a scholar can study a huge variety of materials: movies, advertisements, tweets, and even works with no words at … Continued
Redacted from Campus Weekly One of the biggest conversations happening in Guilford County in the last year is about food. Dr. Marianne LeGreco, associate professor of communication studies, has been one of the people at the forefront of that conversation. “How hungry is Guilford County?” many have asked. How accurate … Continued
Dr. Joan Titus and Dr. Linda Rupert have both received 2016 summer stipends from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Universities may only submit two applications per year for these highly competitive awards, and less than 10% of all applicants secure funding. The funding of not one but both applications … Continued
Repost from UNCG Now UNCG junior psychology major Amanda Baeten recently presented her research project, “How Rumination Affects Emotions,” at the 20th annual Posters on the Hill event sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). The event took place April 19-21 in Washington, D.C., and featured 60 undergraduate research … Continued
Repost from Campus Weekly Greensboro is the first city in the American South to attempt participatory budgeting. Community members from all five City Council districts will directly decide how to spend $100,000 per district. The idea is that participatory budgeting can deepen democracy in communities and build stronger communities. Over … Continued
UNCG Research congratulates Dr. Michael Zimmerman and Dr. Rebecca MacLeod, our 2015-2016 Research Excellence Award winners. Dr. Michael Zimmerman receives the Senior Research Excellence Award for his scholarship in philosophy. Zimmerman, who specializes in theoretical ethics, has published prolifically, and his work has had a major impact on his discipline. He has written nine books – an extremely high output … Continued
Writer and PhD candidate Joseph A. Ross works with his faculty mentor, Dr. Mark E. Elliott, in the UNCG Department of History. His poster, “Remembering Nuremberg: The Paradox of Human Rights in American History,” took 1st place in Humanities at the 2016 Graduate Research and Creativity Expo. From 1945 to 1946, … Continued