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
Repost from UNCG Now Long before Greensboro was known for ACC basketball, BBQ and the arts, the small southern town was synonymous with two words: blue jeans. The arrival of textile manufacturing company Cone Mills Inc. and its four factories around the turn of the 20th century quickly transformed Greensboro … 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
excerpt, Fall 2015 UNCG Research Magazine Physical activity has always been important to Dr. Jennifer Etnier, but she never wondered about how it might impact mental capacity and thought processes until her parents repeatedly asked her to help program their VCR to record football games. Her mother eventually grasped the … Continued
Greensboro to join innovative, national program to improve health in low-income neighborhoods Greensboro is one of 50 cities selected to take part in a new, national community health focused initiative. As part of the program, Greensboro will address the city’s pediatric asthma rate, which disproportionately affects low-income children. Invest Health, … Continued
Writer and PhD candidate Taylor Mabe works with his faculty mentor Dr. Jianjun Wei in the UNCG Department of Nanoscience, part of the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering. His poster, “Development and fabrication of a handheld point-of-care sensor for disease diagnosis,” took 1st place in Natural, Physical and Mathematical … 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
Repost from NC Research Campus A certain signaling pathway in the liver has been identified as a factor in the progression of alcoholic liver disease, report scientists from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Center for Translational Biomedical Research (CTBR) at the NC Research Campus. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma … Continued
“Education without application is no education at all.” – Professor Duane Cyrus, Dance “The undergraduate research experience fundamentally changes an undergraduate.” – Professor Joanne Murphy, Classical Studies “Undergraduate research is probably the greatest investment of your time while here.” – Zim Ugochukwu, ’11, Biology
Excerpt, spring 2016 UNCG Research Magazine In 1976, Dr. Charles Prysby was greatly surprised when his neighbor, Jim, expressed support for conservative presidential candidate Gerald Ford. Prysby knew that, in the previous election, Jim had voted for liberal George McGovern. But his neighbor didn’t see any inconsistency. “In Jim’s mind,” … Continued