Posted on April 19, 2017

Featured Image for Spring 2017 UNCG Research Magazine — Going Global

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!

Spring 2017 Research Magazine
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FEATURES

X-panding the Classroom: X-Culture offers global business experience to students, plus a world of data. | Building BlocksData crunching and cross-city collaborations to make neighborhoods stronger. | Civics Education: Do tough political issues have a place in high school classrooms? Absolutely. | Is It Worth It?: Getting the best bang for your buck in health interventions – including for alcohol use.

THE RIGHT IDEA

Break the Chain: From asylums to prisons | Peacemaker: Religion in conflict resolution and military education | Birds, Bees & BarbershopsSexual health communication between African American parents and youth | Rewire: Portable monitoring to diagnose and treat PTSD | Healthy VesselsSoy and nanotechnology for cardiovascular health | In Harmony: Arts collaborative brings community kids and UNCG music students together

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE

Are You Sure?Top senior research award goes to Professor of Philosophy Zimmerman

STUDENT PROFILES

Dead Men Tell No Tales: Undergraduate researcher Ena Prskalo | One Diaper at a TimeGraduate researcher Kelley Massengale

THE WORD’S OUT

The Art of Democracy: Citizens speak through socially-engaged “I Wish to Say” project | Poet on the Good Road: Revisiting an America of possibilities | Coming to Terms with the Modern South: Rethinking Southern studies

UP & COMING

Nanomaterials for green energy: Developing flexible, environmentally-friendly, and affordable solar panels


For print copies of the magazine, please contact Ms. Debbie Freund at freundd@uncg.edu or 336.256.0426. Full spread pdfs of individual articles are also available upon request.

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