Dr. Nancy Doll receives funding for Dancing with Gravity
Reposted From Campus Weekly Dr. Nancy Doll (Weatherspoon Art Museum) received funding from the North Carolina Arts Council for the project “NCAC: Nancy Rubins: Dancing with Gravity”.
Dr. David Wyrick receives funding from Prevention Strategies
Reposted from Camus Weekly Dr. David Wyrick (Public Health Education) received funding from Prevention Strategies, LLC, for the project “Drug and Alcohol Prevention for Student Athletes”. The broad aim of this project is to use existing theory, research, and instructional technology to develop an innovative web-based alcohol and other drug … Continued
Faeth and Rychtář receive 2012-2013 Research Excellence Awards
Article by Mary McLean and Debbie Freund The UNCG Office of Research and Economic Development is proud to announce the winners of the 2012-2013 Research Excellence Awards, Dr. Stanley H. Faeth and Dr. Jan Rychtář. Dr. Jan Rychtář has been selected as the Junior Research Excellence Award winner for his … Continued
Fall 2013 CNNC personnel update
Repost from Campus Weekly Article by Elizabeth Biddle Raleigh Bailey, founding director of CNNC, has stepped down from his position. Bailey will continue with the center on a part-time basis as director emeritus, continuing work with selected projects and doing field research. Bailey has been a leader in the immigrant/refugee … Continued
The secret life of honeybees [Undergraduate]
Dominick Defelice is an undergraduate biology student working on honeybee research with Dr. Olav Rueppell. Dominick sat down with UNCG Research to tell us about his work, how he got started in research, and how it changed his life. Tell us about your research You can describe my project two … Continued
Collaborative Downtown University Campus site: Elm & Lee
Repost from Campus Weekly Article by Michelle Hines Opportunity Greensboro wants to locate the Downtown University Campus at South Elm and Lee streets as a cornerstone of redevelopment in the corridor. The organization — a partnership between area businesses, city leaders and local universities — announced the preferred location for the … Continued
Remsburg interviewed about Downtown University campus
Repost from UNCG Now Article by Michelle Hines Robin Remsburg, dean of UNCG’s School of Nursing, spoke to Fox 8 News reporter Carter Coyle about plans for the Downtown University Campus that would be shared by area universities. The idea is to increase opportunities for students and keep costs down by … Continued
Community Education Center Opens at Oakwood Forest
Repost from The Center for New North Carolinians Article by Elizabeth Biddle On Friday, October 4th, a new community center opened at Oakwood Forest, a predominantly Latino mobile home park on U.S. 29 North in northern Guilford County. Opening the community education and tutoring center at this isolated mobile home park … Continued
Personalizing Poverty: From data to dinner, David Ribar has dedicated his career to understanding poverty
Repost from UNCG Now Article by Lanita Withers Goins It’s one thing to devote your professional career to studying anti-poverty measures. It’s something else to feed your research to your teenage children. Unless you’re UNCG economics professor Dr. David Ribar. In a quest to discover if the federal government’s Thrifty … Continued
Crumpton and Bird have co-authored “Handbook for Community College Librarians”
Repost from Campus Weekly Michael Crumpton (University Libraries) and Nora Bird (Library and Information Science) have co-authored “Handbook for Community College Librarians,” recently published by Libraries Unlimited. Their book covers all aspects of librarianship that apply to community colleges in a one-stop reference book.