Join N.C. Representative Jean Farmer-Butterfield for a presentation on Supported Decision-Making for adults with disabilities. Historically, individuals with cognitive disabilities and mental health issues have been placed under legal guardianship, restricting their right to make their own choices about life issues such as work, marriage, health care, and where to live. By … Continued
The fall 2016 issue of UNCG Research Magazine is now available online and in print! UNCG Research Fall 2016 Breaking Down Barriers Joining forces with Latino immigrant parents to help students succeed. A Light in the Dark Research and advocacy bring 1.3 million homeless students out of the shadows. Testing Bias Are standardized … Continued
Awards Awards separated by school/college. Listings by award amount, name of lead PI, title, and sponsor. Bryan School of Business and Economics Awards $50,000 – Bray, Jeremy – Screening, Briefing, Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Evaluation – RFTOP 270-14-0448 – Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) College of Arts and Sciences Awards $674,706 – Murphy, Arthur – Recipe for Success in … Continued
Excerpt from spring 2016 UNCG Research Magazine Healthy emotion regulation is imperative for children to achieve school readiness, but of course they can’t do it alone. Parents must be involved, points out HDFS professor Esther Leerkes. And, at every step, parents must provide age-appropriate guidance or children won’t internalize the correct … Continued
Dr. Brooke Kreitinger has been awarded the 2016 German Embassy Teacher of Excellence award. She will be honored by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages at their Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. The expo, which aims to provide professional development for language educators of all levels … Continued
Repost from UNCGNow UNCG’s Dr. Chuck Bolton believes that everyone has an important story that needs to be told. That’s why the professor of history is partnering with the Greensboro Public Library and the national project StoryCorps to document the stories of war through his course “Oral History and the … Continued
Redacted from Campus Weekly Faculty First Awards support scholarship by both tenure-track and tenured faculty. Awards are $5000 for individual projects and $10,000 for collaborative projects. These awards typically fund summer scholarship and require participation in a Spring 2018 presentation event. Learn more about these awards and successful applications at UNCG Research workshops on … Continued
The Office of the Provost is soliciting cross/multi/interdisciplinary research and creative activity proposals tied to the thematic areas of focus in the UNCG strategic plan: health and wellbeing, vibrant communities, and global connections. Faculty are being asked to review these themes in the University Plan and consider responding to one of the … Continued
Repost from Campus Weekly For many years, UNCG’s School of Art had envisioned a downtown art space where students could collaborate, engage with the public and experiment outside of campus. This summer, that dream officially became a reality. And this fall, the new art space – known as Greensboro Project … Continued
Repost from UNCGNow UNCG will host States of Incarceration, the first national traveling multimedia exhibition and coordinated public dialogue on mass incarceration, from Nov. 8 through Dec. 15 at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in downtown Greensboro. The exhibition is organized and produced by The New School’s Humanities … Continued