The latest Office of Research and Engagement newsletter is out! Click here to view UNCG Research Notes 2017, Issue 3. The newsletter includes our FY17 fourth quarter awards and submissions, announcements, deadlines, workshops, and more. Subscribe to UNCG Research Notes View previous issues of UNCG Research notes
Adapted from the spring 2017 UNCG Research Magazine Managers worldwide struggle with this issue. A team of capable people struggles, putting their project in jeopardy. The cause: One team member isn’t pulling his or her weight. The others chafe at this individual’s lack of effort. Some might call the person a slacker; among… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly Aug. 21 will be a historic day for American astronomy. Hotels in cities and small towns on the total eclipse path have been booked up for a year, and eclipse viewers will also fill RVs and campsites across the country, from Oregon to South Carolina. “The… Continue reading…
On August 1, 2017, the Office of Innovation Commercialization officially became the UNCG Innovation Partnership Services Office. The name change reflects the office’s evolving role on campus and the valuable services it provides to faculty, staff, students, and external partners. As in the past, IPSO will offer patent, licensing, and… Continue reading…
Adapted from the spring 2017 UNCG Research Magazine As the nation’s largest jail, Chicago’s Cook County facility spans eight city blocks and houses 9,000 inmates. It also has another distinction: by default, it’s the largest mental-health facility in the United States. To Dr. Anne Parsons, this is not surprising. Her research… Continue reading…
Repost from UNCGNow The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) have been awarded a five-year, $500,000 grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish Greensboro as an Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site. NSF I-Corps is a federally funded program… Continue reading…
Theatre of Movement press release On Friday, September 22 at 7pm, Duane Cyrus and Theatre of Movement will present a gala premiere performance titled “Comanche: Hero Complexities” in the UNCG Auditorium. The multidisciplinary performance is inspired by the heroic acts of Charles W. David Jr., a Caribbean-American United States Coast Guardsman… Continue reading…
Adapted from Campus Weekly Announcement from Dean Kiss and Provost Dunn: We are pleased to announce that Dr. Nadja Cech and Dr. Nicholas Oberlies have been selected as the inaugural Patricia A. Sullivan Distinguished Professors. They are both outstanding professors and teacher-scholars in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. The… 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 $13,830.00 – Boles, James – New SBA Federal Funding for the CY 2017 Program Year – North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center (NC SBTDC) $5,995.00 – Byrd, Erick – Comparative… Continue reading…
The deadline for completing Annual Conflict of Interest Disclosures is September 30, 2017. Annual Disclosures are collected via the Activities, Relationships, and Interests (AIR) online module. Detailed instructions for completing disclosures via AIR can be found here. Employees in the following categories must submit a disclosure each year: faculty EHRA staff research… Continue reading…
