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Faculty and staff: participate in the 3rd Annual UNCG Entrepreneurship Day
October 28, 2013
The North Carolina Entrepreneurship Center (NCEC) will host the 3rd Annual UNCG Entrepreneur Day on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 in partnership with Alumni Relations and the Career Services Center. Entrepreneur Day is a great way to enhance external engagement efforts by bringing successful business owners and non-profit directors into classrooms. … Continued
UNCG brings famed NYC arts festival to downtown Greensboro
October 28, 2013
Repost from UNCG Now On a third-floor hallway in Gatewood Studio Arts Building, Stacy Bloom Rexrode sits on a stool in front of her latest creation, carefully looping cranberry-colored yarn though a crochet hook. She’s a second-year MFA student at UNCG, and sculpture is her preferred form of expression. But … Continued
NC DHHS DSS funds Murphy for nutrition education for new North Carolinians
October 24, 2013
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Arthur Murphy (Anthropology) received a competitive renewal from the NC DHHS Division of Social Services (DSS) for the project “Nutrition Education for New North Carolinians (Recipe for Success in North Carolina)”. Although some immigrants and refugees are able to access certain familiar foods in North … Continued
Rychtář’s book on game theory in biology lauded in Science
October 24, 2013
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Jan Rychtář’s book, “Game-Theoretical Models in Biology,” was published in March 2013 and recently received a very positive review from Martin A. Nowak, Professor of Mathematics and Biology at Harvard University. The review was published in the August 2013 volume of the prestigious journal, Science. … Continued
NSF funds Jones to study climate change perceptions among primary producers
October 24, 2013
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Eric Jones (Anthropology) was awarded a one-year National Science Foundation grant titled “Collaborative Research: Cultural Models of Nature Across Cultures: Space, Causality, and Primary Food Producers” for investigating Quichua-speaking agriculturalists’ perceptions of climate change in northern Ecuador. He teamed up with 14 other principal investigators … Continued
NSF REAL funding to Kane to study effects of mind-wandering
October 24, 2013
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Michael Kane (Psychology), along with A. Miyake (UC Boulder), was awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s REAL program, for the project “Collaborative Research: The Effects of Mind-Wandering on the Learning and Retention of STEM Content: Experimental and Individual-Differences Investigation.” The project reflects … Continued
UNCG’s Institute to Promote Athlete Health and Wellness on UNC-TV
October 24, 2013
Alcohol, athletes, and the UNCG Institute for Athlete Health and Wellness discussed on UNC-TV.
Helping homeless students get ahead
October 23, 2013
Article by Mary McLean Each year, approximately 1.6 million American children experience homelessness. Children who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence face unique sets of problems, particularly with regards to education. Homeless students must often leave their friends, teachers, and school districts behind at a moment’s notice. The … Continued