The Office of the Provost is soliciting cross/multi/interdisciplinary research and creative activity proposals tied to the thematic areas of focus in the UNCG strategic plan: health and wellbeing, vibrant communities, and global connections. Faculty are being asked to review these themes in the University Plan and consider responding to one of the … Continued
Repost UNCG NOW UNCG is one of eight universities across the nation to win the NCAA-Department of Defense (DOD) Mind Matters Challenge research grant that seeks to improve understanding of how to change the current concussion reporting culture. The university was awarded $400,000 to research and develop a web-based behavior … Continued
repost from UNCG NOW Only 30 percent of individuals using natural products, such as dietary supplements or herbal remedies, tell their doctors, yet when those products are combined with conventional medicine, they can trigger potentially detrimental interactions. Over the next five years, chemists from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro will … Continued
redacted excerpt, Fall 2015 UNCG Research Magazine What do California field mice, delphacid planthoppers, and honeybee queens have in common? UNCG mathematicians. At UNCG, an emerging cluster of mathematicians and their students are collaborating with biologists here and at other universities. The field is called math biology or biomathematics. They … Continued
UNCG University Libraries is now accepting applications for a new Digital Partners Grant. The annual grant offers up to $22,500 in IT staff time and infrastructure towards the development of digital content. The Digital Partners Grant will create and preserve materials that benefit not only UNCG but also the global scholarly community. … Continued
“I would much rather spend my summer looking at math than on a beach somewhere. It’s just more exciting,” says undergraduate MaLyn Lawhorn, without a hint of sarcasm. She’s in luck, thanks to the landlocked math-bio program at UNCG. MaLyn, who hails from Winthrop University, is partnered with Rachel Schomaker, … Continued
Repost from Campus Weekly This month marks a horrible anniversary. Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans and the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. In recognition of the ruin the hurricane precipitated, The World Meteorological Organization retired the moniker “Katrina,” never to be used again for a storm. In late August … Continued
In the news On July 9, 2015 News & Record reported that UNCG professor Dr. Arthur Anastopoulos’s (Human Health and Family Studies) received a $3.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to study the effectiveness of UNCG’s ACCESS (Accessing Campus Connections and Empowering Student Success) program. ACCESS mentors … Continued
It’s not hard to see why Dr. Mitchell Croatt is a favorite among UNCG students. His passion for organic chemistry is infectious and can make even the most hesitant English major want to strap on a pair of safety goggles and get in the lab. He encourages research and discourse … Continued
UNCG PhD student Angela Larsen looks at how individual behaviors of cotton rats create population level impacts and change community structures. By observing the rodents, which are native to the Southeastern United States, Larsen also assesses how planting of native switchgrasses as biofuel crops might affect biodiversity. Larsen’s research is … Continued