Payne funded to evaluate effect of a preschool-based intervention

Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Chris Payne (Center for Youth, Family and Community Partnership) received new funding from the University of Virginia for the project “Banking Time: Supporting the Social Emotional Development of Young Children through Positive Teacher-Child Relationships.” This project is being submitted by the University of Virginia to… Continue reading…

Dr. Perry Flynn receives continuing funding from Phoenix Academy

Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Perry Flynn (Communication Sciences and Disorders) received a continuation in funding from Phoenix Academy for “Speech Language Pathology Service Contract with Phoenix Academy.” The purpose of this agreement is to provide speech and language therapy services to qualifying children in the Phoenix Academy.

UNCG Art & Community Theater of Greensboro collaboration

Repost from Campus Weekly UNCG’s Art department has a newly formed partnership with Community Theater of Greensboro involving CTG’s gallery/event space on South Elm Street. The space is called the Studio at CTG. This collaboration will allow UNCG students a space to display work – sometimes their own and sometimes… Continue reading…

UNCG community-based research grant recipients

Repost from Campus Weekly Seven UNCG 2013-14 community-based research grant recipients have been announced. The community-based research (CBR) initiation grant supports proposals that represent collaborative partnerships among community partner, student and faculty teams. The goal of this community-based research grant is to support the agenda of each team member while… Continue reading…

Kohlenberg recieves DHHS grant renewal

Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Eileen Kohlenberg (Adult Health) received a competitive renewal from the Department of Health and Human Services to provide traineeships to nurse anesthesia students.

Deng funded for Security in Dynamic Enviroments research

Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Jing Deng (Computer Science) received new funding from the National Science Foundation for the project “CIF:Small:Collaborative Research:Security in Dynamic Environments: Exploiting the Randomness and Diversity of Ad-Hoc Networks.” The abstract states, “We propose to investigate ways to combine the two concepts under a real-world framework,… Continue reading…

Reptile repeat — UNC-TV box turtle segment now online

Repost from UNCG Now Article by Michelle Hines If you missed UNC-TV’s NC Science Now on Sept. 18, you can still hear UNCG researchers talk about their work to protect the state’s box turtles – and educate teachers and students about the reptiles and amphibians they might encounter.  The segment is posted online at http://video.unctv.org/video/2365081383/…. Continue reading…

Plans for Downtown University move ahead

Repost from UNCG Now Article by Mike Harris Work toward a collaborative downtown campus steadily continues. Greensboro has seven colleges and universities, 47,000 college students and 6,376 college employees. Of the seven, UNCG is the largest. Opportunity Greensboro, an initiative of the Greensboro Partnership, has been working on the idea of… Continue reading…