Repost, UNCG NOW As a junior in high school, Tyra Callaway began her college search with one non-negotiable requirement in mind: undergraduate research. She didn’t just want to work in a lab as a junior or senior. She wanted real-world, hands-on research experience as soon as she stepped foot on campus. … Continued
repost from UNCG NOW Only 30 percent of individuals using natural products, such as dietary supplements or herbal remedies, tell their doctors, yet when those products are combined with conventional medicine, they can trigger potentially detrimental interactions. Over the next five years, chemists from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro will … 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
excerpt, Fall 2015 UNCG Research Magazine Seventy-five years ago, a 6-year-old African-American boy named Clay McCauley Jr. asked a simple question about the books he read: “Why don’t any of the people look like me?” The woman to whom he posed this question was Stella Gentry Sharpe, a neighbor and … Continued
excerpt, Fall 2015 UNCG Research Magazine If you walk into Dr. Chris Rhea’s research lab, you might think you’ve walked onto an animated movie set or into the planning stages for video game graphics. At any given point, there’s likely someone covered in reflective dots, walking on a treadmill, or … Continued