UNCG PhD student Angela Larsen looks at how individual behaviors of cotton rats create population level impacts and change community structures. By observing the rodents, which are native to the Southeastern United States, Larsen also assesses how planting of native switchgrasses as biofuel crops might affect biodiversity. Larsen’s research is… Continue reading…
As cuts to music education continue across the country, Holly Riley, a 2015 UNCG music education graduate and fiddle player, is bringing music back to local kids. Last year, Riley founded the after-school Music Discovery Program at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greensboro. “I originally started it as a… Continue reading…
Food deserts. The term may elicit dry, distant wastelands, but the reality is much closer to home. Food deserts are metropolitan nutritional deserts in which residents have limited access to healthy food. They are often located in neighborhoods with the highest poverty rates, the highest ethnic and racial minority populations, and the… Continue reading…
Melissa Elmes, a doctoral student in medieval literature at UNCG, discusses her experience at UNCG. Learn about Elmes’s recent work in the highly selective and prestigious Folger Institute Spring 2015 Seminar here. I want to write a little about why UNCG has proven to be an excellent place to conduct my research. I… Continue reading…
In October 2014, Melissa Elmes, a doctoral student in medieval literature at UNCG, was accepted into the Folger Institute’s spring 2015 seminar. Elmes joins a growing list of UNCG doctoral students and faculty accepted into these highly selective and prestigious Folger programs. The Scale of Catastrophe: Ecology and Transition, Medieval… Continue reading…
Code like a girl. Sound strange? Not to Naomi Thomas, a UNCG sophomore double majoring in Computer Science and Business Administration. Thomas is working to revolutionize the way girls are represented in technology, a field traditionally dominated by men. Thomas has helmed the widely celebrated Information Technology (IT) is for… Continue reading…
Daniel Nasrallah graduated from UNCG in 2014 with a degree in chemistry. As an undergraduate student majoring in organic chemistry, Nasrallah worked on a research project with Dr. Mitchell Croatt. Last year, Daniel sat down with UNCG Research to tell us about his work, how he got started in research, and how it has… Continue reading…
On April 9, over 60 UNCG graduate students gathered in the Elliott University Center to present their research and creative work to groups of judges. The event was the Graduate Research and Creativity Expo: Scholarship that Matters. Sponsored by the Graduate School and the Office of Research and Economic Development,… Continue reading…
Four entrepreneurial students walked away from the UNCG Alumni House with $2,000 in prizes on March 31st. They were the latest in a distinguished line of Greensboro-area students to conquer the 2 Minutes to Win It competition. The contest, run by the North Carolina Entrepreneurship Center, features 20 Greensboro-area students… Continue reading…
Former Associate Vice Chancellor for Economic Development Jerry McGuire retired last year after working in technology commercialization for over 30 years. On March 31, 2015, the first annual Jerry McGuire Student Entrepreneur Award was presented to UNCG doctoral student Anthony Dellinger. The $1,000 award goes to a student or team… Continue reading…
