Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Olav Rueppell (Biology) received new funding from the NIH, National Institute on Aging for the project “Biodemography and Genomics of Aging Trajectories and Plasticity in a Social Model.” He will use the comparative honey bee model that offers many experimental opportunities to study epigenetic influences… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Revell Carr (Music) received first place in solo vocal category at the 2013 Charlie Poole Festival in Eden, N.C. The festival celebrates traditional string band music of the Piedmont. Carr leads the UNCG Old Time Ensemble, which was a featured performer at the festival this… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Julia Jackson-Newsom (Office of Research and Economic Development) received a continuation of funding from UNC Chapel Hill for the project “Prevalence and Traits of FASD in the US Population: Evidence from Schools.” UNCG will serve as one of four data collection sites for a study… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Wayne Journell (Teacher Education/Higher Education) received funding from Wake Forest University for the project “Creating Videos of Exemplary Social Studies Instruction.” The mini-grant will enable the production of a series of web-enabled videos that demonstrate effective social studies teaching that is rooted in the North… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Joseph Starobin (JSNN) received new funding from the National Science Foundation for the project “EAGER: Analysis of cardiac repolarization as a tool for the noninvasive assessment of cardiovascular system exposure to carbon and metallic nanotubes.”
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Jeff Sarbaum (Bryan School), along with S. Simpkins (NC A&T) and M. Maier (Glendale Community College), was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for the project “The Math You Need, When You Need It: Modular Student Resources to Promote Successful Integration of Quantitative… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly Article by Mike Harris UNCG’s Faculty Teaching & Learning Commons is run by faculty for the faculty, Wade Maki explains. “We consider anyone involved in teaching to be faculty. Our goal is to bring faculty together and learn from each other.” Wade Maki was a Spring 2013… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. William Mills-Koonce (Human Development and Family Studies) received new funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the project “Integrating Demography and Biosocial Stress Models of LGBTI Family Formation.” Although there is high interest in the demography and welfare of families headed by lesbian… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Jewell Cooper (Teacher Education and Higher Education) received new funding from NC Ready for Success for the project “Implementing CCSS and WIDA in Secondary Math Instruction”. Building upon the existing collaborative relationship between UNCG and Ben L. Smith Professional Development High School, this project aims… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Clifford Smyth was awarded a three year Department of Defense National Security Agency (NSA) award (2012–15). The funding will support his Correlation Inequalities project. These have to do with quantifying how certain random events influence each other. Although correlation inequalities belong to probability, they also… Continue reading…
