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
redacted excerpt, Fall 2015 UNCG Research Magazine What do California field mice, delphacid planthoppers, and honeybee queens have in common? UNCG mathematicians. At UNCG, an emerging cluster of mathematicians and their students are collaborating with biologists here and at other universities. The field is called math biology or biomathematics. They … Continued
Repost from UNCG Now The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN), an academic collaboration between UNCG and NC A&T, is one of just 16 programs across the nation to receive funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to drive innovation in nanoscale science, engineering and technology. JSNN has teamed … Continued
“I would much rather spend my summer looking at math than on a beach somewhere. It’s just more exciting,” says undergraduate MaLyn Lawhorn, without a hint of sarcasm. She’s in luck, thanks to the landlocked math-bio program at UNCG. MaLyn, who hails from Winthrop University, is partnered with Rachel Schomaker, … Continued
It’s not hard to see why Dr. Mitchell Croatt is a favorite among UNCG students. His passion for organic chemistry is infectious and can make even the most hesitant English major want to strap on a pair of safety goggles and get in the lab. He encourages research and discourse … Continued
Former Associate Vice Chancellor for Economic Development Jerry McGuire retired last year after working in technology commercialization for over 30 years. On March 31, 2015, the first annual Jerry McGuire Student Entrepreneur Award was presented to UNCG doctoral student Anthony Dellinger. The $1,000 award goes to a student or team … Continued
Repost from UNCG NOW Paleontologist Robert Anemone’s wrong turn turned out to be a happy accident that led him to a rich cache of 50 million-year-old fossil mammals. That was back in 2009 as he and his team from Western Michigan University explored a remote, 10,000-square-kilometer region of badlands in … Continued
Reposted from Campus Weekly Dr. Terence Nile (Chemistry and Biochemistry) received new funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the project “REU Site: A Multi-site, Multi-institutional International REU”. It will fund a new International Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site for chemistry students. Ten students from colleges/universities in the … Continued
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Eric Jones (Anthropology) was awarded a one-year National Science Foundation grant titled “Collaborative Research: Cultural Models of Nature Across Cultures: Space, Causality, and Primary Food Producers” for investigating Quichua-speaking agriculturalists’ perceptions of climate change in northern Ecuador. He teamed up with 14 other principal investigators … Continued
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Joseph Starobin (JSNN) received new funding from the National Science Foundation for the project “EAGER: Analysis of cardiac repolarization as a tool for the noninvasive assessment of cardiovascular system exposure to carbon and metallic nanotubes.”