Repost from UNCGNow Don’t get spooked out, but it’s officially Bat Week. Bats may be more celebrated this time of year than others, but their significance in our everyday lives often goes – like the bats themselves – unseen. Of the approximately 5,000 identified species of mammals, almost one fourth… Continue reading…
Repost from UNCGNow Sport-related concussions (SRC) have become a public health crisis, and one that is flooding the headlines. Former football players are beginning to speak out due to the growing concern of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Youth soccer has banned heading the ball. And sports leagues across the… Continue reading…
Repost from UNCGNow It’s become a popular debate in contemporary society: Are video games causing young people to become more violent? Or are they just another form of entertainment? Just last week, a new study emerged that ties video games to physical aggression. Yet according to an article in the… Continue reading…
Repost from UNCG Now UNC Greensboro has received a $100,000 grant from NC IDEA to promote entrepreneurial ambition and economic advancement on campus and across the state. The funding will support a new program – NC I-Corps Next Step – to help move faculty and student innovations to market. UNCG will launch… Continue reading…
Repost from UNCGNow Chances are, every person reading this knows someone who engages in or has engaged in self-injury – a fact that two UNC Greensboro faculty members hope to change with a new school curriculum. “Most people have a friend or a peer who self-harms,” said Dr. Kelly Wester,… Continue reading…
September 14 Kohler Awards http://globalqep.uncg.edu/faculty/grants.htm October 1 Atlantic World Research Network Graduate Student Research Grants https://research.uncg.edu/spotlight/atlantic-world-graduate-research-grants October 7 Spring 2019 Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award (URCA) Spring/Summer 2019 Globally Engaged URCA http://utlc.uncg.edu/ursco October 15 by 5:00 p.m. Community-Engaged Pathways and Partnerships (P2) Grants https://research.uncg.edu/internal-grants-and-awards October 17 by 5:00 p.m. New Faculty… Continue reading…
Intro to SPSS Wed., 8/22, 2:00-3:30 PM, 209 Bryan OR Tues., 9/25, 9:30-11:00 AM, 209 Bryan This class will get you started using SPSS for data management and statistical analysis. Topics include data entry, data manipulation and a basic introduction to analysis in SPSS. Open to UNCG faculty, staff and… Continue reading…
The new Grad Student Trade Show Travel Fund supports graduate students wanting to learn more about their research interest and graduate studies by attending an industry trade show. Learn from the biggest and brightest companies in your industry by attending the Black Hat Conference, AWEA Wind Power Conference, Consumer Electronics… Continue reading…
Awards Awards separated by school/college. Listings by award amount, name of lead PI, title, sponsor, and award type. Bryan School of Business and Economics awards $25,000 – Welsh, Dianne – Coleman Foundation Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellows – Coleman Foundation – Renewal (Competitive) $22,495 – Byrd, Erick – Strategic Plan for the North Carolina Wine and… Continue reading…
In 2018-2019, instead of awarding its annual Graduate Student Research Prize, the Atlantic World Research Network will award up to four Graduate Student Research Grants of up to $500 each to fund outstanding plans for research or creative activity – that is, plans which address the transatlantic exchange or circumatlantic… Continue reading…
