“‘Race’ is a function of power. Power is created through performances. Every moment is a choice. We can choose to act deliberately, intentionally, or not. “So I ask you. What is your performance? What is our performance? How can we become more powerful?” Ranging from Afrocentrism to linguistics and play,… Continue reading…
Image: UNCG graduate student Jason Baum handcrafted 1,634 poppies to serve as the centerpiece of his museum studies capstone project, “Battlefield to Ball Field.” The poppies represent the individuals from Greensboro who served in WWI. Repost from UNCG NOW On April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I, an… Continue reading…
Awards Awards separated by school/college. Listings by award amount, name of lead PI, title, and sponsor. Bryan School of Business and Economics Awards $113,000 – Andersen, Martin – 2014 ACA PhRMA Project – Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation (PhRMA) $50,000 – Bray, Jeremy – Screening, Briefing, Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)… Continue reading…
More than a dozen UNCG undergraduates have made a big impact in the Greensboro Montagnard community in the last two years. The Montagnards (also known as Dega) supported U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, and have suffered political persecution and violence in the region ever since. Since the 1980s, Guilford… Continue reading…
Redacted from Campus Weekly University Writing Center Director Jennifer Whitaker has won the 2016 Brittingham Prize in Poetry for her manuscript “The Blue Hour.” Since 1985 the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of English has awarded the Brittingham Prize annually to the best book-length manuscripts of poetry, as selected by nationally recognized poets. Denise Duhamel chose the 2016 winner…. Continue reading…
excerpt, Fall 2015 UNCG Research Magazine UNCG scientists are the first in the world to create a compound that targets just one signaling mechanism in cannabinoid receptors (cellular-level structures that influence all sorts of neurological and physical functions). The discovery could lead to new medicines for treating a wide range… Continue reading…
excerpt, Fall 2015 UNCG Research Magazine It’s no secret that playing football puts players at risk for sustaining a concussion. Research on this topic has accelerated over the past decade, with most work focusing on male players. But women play collision football too, and their numbers are growing. This rise… Continue reading…
UNCG Associate Professor Omar Ali’s most recent book, Malik Ambar: Power and Slavery across the Indian Ocean (Oxford University Press, 2016), focuses on the African diaspora in the Indian Ocean. It’s a biography that teaches us the fluidity of identity. Malik Ambar was born in Ethiopia in the 16th century… Continue reading…
In the news On February 13, 2016, ABC 11 reported on UNCG Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Arielle Kuperberg’s research on dating and hook-up culture. Her recently co-authored study is entitled “The Date’s Not Dead After All: New Findings on Hooking Up, Dating and Romantic Relationships in College.” “‘What it says… Continue reading…
He writes for several publications. He does research. He conducts and directs. And he just graduated after 3 1/2 years. How does Jackson Cooper keep it all straight? “I have a Moleskine planner that helps a lot.” He graduated in December with a BA in theater and a minor in… Continue reading…
