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Faculty First award winners 2015

With the generous support of UNCG donors, the Office of the Provost has launched the Faculty First Awards. Below you will find our list of award winners for 2015. Adamson, Amy – Biology – Just say no to acid: Targeting a cellular proton pump to reduce Influenza virus infection Allard, Janet – Theatre – … Continued


Fulbright for couples research

Repost from UNCG Now UNCG graduate student Natalie Hengstebeck has been interested in relationships for a long time. “I knew it was going to be couples in my career,” she says. “Before I found my calling in research, I thought I would be a wedding planner, couples’ therapist or a divorce … Continued


Think like a chemist

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


Video: Why UNCG? A graduate student perspective

Grad student Angela Larsen explains why UNCG was the perfect place to pursue her PhD. Larsen, who looks at how individual behaviors of cotton rats create population level impacts and change community structures, came to UNCG specifically to work with Matina Kalcounis-Rüppell, professor and director of graduate studies in the Department … Continued


Video: Cotton rats, switchgrass, and PhD student Angela Larsen

UNCG PhD student Angela Larsen looks at how individual behaviors of cotton rats create population level impacts and change community structures. By observing the rodents, which are native to the Southeastern United States, Larsen also assesses how planting of native switchgrasses as biofuel crops might affect biodiversity. Larsen’s research is … Continued


Bringing back music education

As cuts to music education continue across the country, Holly Riley, a 2015 UNCG music education graduate and fiddle player, is bringing music back to local kids. Last year, Riley founded the after-school Music Discovery Program at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greensboro. “I originally started it as a … Continued


Ending hunger at home

Food deserts. The term may elicit dry, distant wastelands, but the reality is much closer to home. Food deserts are metropolitan nutritional deserts in which residents have limited access to healthy food. They are often located in neighborhoods with the highest poverty rates, the highest ethnic and racial minority populations, and the … Continued