The spring 2017 issue of UNCG Research Magazine is now available online and in print. Explore a new approach to business education, building healthy neighborhoods, politics in the classroom, and more in our latest issue! Click here to read the magazine Prefer a full spread version of the magazine? Click here. … FEATURES X-panding… Continue reading…
Redacted from the fall 2016 Research Magazine Just 20 minutes north of UNCG’s main campus is the National Center for Homeless Education, a technical assistance center that has been a part of the university for nearly 20 years. The center, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, is driven… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) will host the 7th “Gateway to Science” event within the statewide N.C. Science Festival. This year’s theme is “Have fun with science.” The event is an open house that will take place on Thursday, April 20, 2017, at… Continue reading…
Repost from UNCGNow Memories make up who we are as human beings. They create self-identity. They play a critical role in learning in the classroom. And they’re the basis of eyewitness testimony. Yet there’s still so much we don’t know about memory, especially in children. It’s a critical research question… Continue reading…
Associate Professor Chris Rhea will be one of 12 speakers at TEDxGreensboro2017. The kinesiologist will discuss his efforts to repurpose virtual reality systems originally designed for the entertainment industry, to address human health challenges. Dr. Rhea’s research centers on the control of gait and balance. In virtual reality, he has found a unique opportunity to help patients redevelop walking ability, using individually… Continue reading…
Repost from UNCGNow Excavators broke ground in the Peabody Park recreation area (between the soccer fields and native prairie) and in the adjacent Peabody Park woodland area (near the gated entrance on West Market Street) last week, initiating the first phase of construction of two wetlands on UNCG’s campus. Students,… Continue reading…
Redacted from the fall 2016 Research Magazine Can researching the past help shape the future? Duane Cyrus thinks so. Cyrus, an associate professor of dance, is exploring his uncle’s life-saving heroism in World War II as the basis for a short film and a dance production to be performed at UNCG… Continue reading…
On April 26th, 2017, Beyond Academics will host the Beyond Limits Gala at the UNCG Alumni House. The gala celebrates the launch of a scholarship campaign for UNCG’s Beyond Academics program and also marks the tenth anniversary for this innovative, award-winning transition program for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Beyond Academics is North Carolina’s first… Continue reading…
redacted from the fall 2016 Research Magazine There’s a hidden gem nestled in the heart of Washington, D.C., within two blocks of the Capitol Building, the Supreme Court, and the Library of Congress. It’s the Folger Shakespeare Library, and for the last five years, it’s the place where UNCG faculty and… Continue reading…
redacted from the fall 2016 Research Magazine The web is changing the way people around the world experience religion. Dr. Gregory Grieve examines this realm with both thousand-mile journeys and the use of his smartphone. In 2014, the professor of religious studies attended a Buddhist festival at the foot of the… Continue reading…
