Siblings share a bond like no other. And for three pairs of siblings in UNC Greensboro’s Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, getting to attend the school together grows that bond.
Brothers Frederick and Kelvin Adrah, sisters Tanjina and Tasmia Islam, and Panesun Tukur are pursuing Ph.D.s in nanoscience. Panesun’s brother, Frank Tukur ’23 Ph.D., is a postdoctoral research fellow in nanoscience.
Dr. Kaira Wagoner, a research scientist in the Department of Biology, has received a new $39,000 grant from Project Apis m. for her proposal, “Identification of hygiene-associated protein markers to improve selection for honey bee pest and disease resistance.”
More freelance workers — from delivery drivers to independent scientists — are entering the gig economy in the United States and globally every year. To help these workers thrive, Brianna Caza, of UNC Greensboro, is shedding light on the challenges they face and strategies for overcoming them.
Dr. Eric Willie’s percussion students brought home a coveted award in his first year at UNCG. It’s one of many marks of success for music students within the College of Visual and Performing Arts, and one reason Willie is UNCG’s Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award winner.
The American Association of Geographers has named Dr. Selima Sultana as a 2024 AAG Fellow. The AAG Fellows program applauds geographers who have made significant contributions to advancing geography.
New funding for UNCG research, scholarship, and creative activity – see some of the grants that recently came through our Office of Sponsored Programs.
This Friday, May 3, Daniel Araya will join the Class of 2024 in UNC Greensboro’s commencement ceremony. Since his second year, the biology major has conducted biotechnology research in Dr. Ayalew Osena’s lab as a prestigious National Institute of Health (NIH) MARC fellow.
Dr. Selima Sultana, a recently named fellow of the American Association of Geographers, focuses her research on how geography affects people’s access to opportunities, resources, and recreation.
The Smiley Award, which supports global educational opportunities for current School of Education (SOE) undergraduate and graduate students, has been presented to undergraduate student Mary Beth McCaskill (Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education) and graduate student Youn Jung Ho (Department of Counseling and Educational Development).
A determination to succeed and a love of the lab pushed Selina and Eric Laws to follow their marriage vows with the pursuit of nanoscience PhDs at JSNN.
