UNCG undergraduate student Taylee Gaillard holds a camera in a CVPA film lab

UNCG student filmmaker off to an award-winning start

Taylee Gaillard balances a full schedule of hospitality and marketing courses, student filmmaking, and skateboarding, all thanks to the supportive friends and faculty he’s found since coming to UNCG.

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UNCG lands unreal academic partnership with Epic Games

In January, UNC Greensboro was chosen as one of just 36 U.S. universities for an Unreal Academic Partnership by Cary-based Epic Games, makers of Unreal Engine 3D computer graphics tool and Fortnite, one of the world’s most popular video games.

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Chancellor’s Initiative for transformative research

In an effort to create a wave of groundbreaking academic work and advance research goals of the new strategic plan, UNCG Chancellor Franklin Gilliam has announced the Chancellor’s Initiative for Transformative Research (CITR).

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First UNCG Global Symposium to be held April 4

On April 4, 2025, UNCG’s Global Engagement Office will host its first campus-wide Global Symposium, which the office plans to make an annual event. The Global Symposium will be an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to connect with a community of like-minded global citizens.

UNCG professor Dr. Nicholas Oberlies looks into a microscope

Funding Friday | February 14, 2025

It’s new funding Friday! Check out some of the grants that recently came through our Office of Sponsored Programs AND find your next funding opportunity.

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Oberlies partners with Chemia Biosciences on NIH SBIR Grant

Dr. Nicholas Oberlies, Patricia A. Sullivan Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Director of Graduate Studies in UNCG’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has received a new $50,000 grant from Chemia Biosciences, Inc., as part of the company’s larger NIH SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grant.

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AADS hosts 35th annual CACE conference, February 17-20

On February 17-20, 2025, UNCG’s African American and African Diaspora Studies Program will host the 35th annual CACE Conference. CACE 2025 is four days of conversation about environmental justice, local ecologies, digital arts, and the many ways we create meaningful, dynamic community with each other for a larger good.