Students win popular vote for JOVE research video contest

JoVE, an online platform that aims to make research and learning in the STEM fields more accessible by creating videos of peer-reviewed experiments, celebrated their 10th anniversary by hosting an international Film Your Research Contest for early-career scientists. Taylor Mabe, a PhD student at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering,… Continue reading…

Winners of Graduate Research & Creativity Expo

Repost from Campus Weekly More than 100 graduate students revealed the breadth and depth of research at UNCG at the 2017 UNCG Graduate Research and Creativity Expo: “Scholarship That Matters.” “I truly enjoyed the questions and feedback I received at the expo,” said economics graduate student Justin Larson. “If the goal… Continue reading…

Students win national nano film contest

UNCG students Taylor Mabe and Jenna Schad have been named winners of the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s “Nano Film” video contest. Mabe, a nanoscience PhD candidate, and Schad, a senior majoring in biology and media studies, teamed up to produce a video about Mabe’s dissertation research, which focuses on making portable… Continue reading…

Handheld biosensors to detect disease

Writer and PhD candidate Taylor Mabe works with his faculty mentor Dr. Jianjun Wei in the UNCG Department of Nanoscience, part of the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering. His poster, “Development and fabrication of a handheld point-of-care sensor for disease diagnosis,” took 1st place in Natural, Physical and Mathematical… Continue reading…

Research Expo winners

Repost from UNCG NOW Each spring, UNCG celebrates student research by hosting both a graduate and an undergraduate research expo highlighting UNCG students’ cutting edge research. This year’s Carolyn and Norwood Thomas Undergraduate Research and Creativity Expo was March 29, and included a presentation from Jennifer Blackmer, 2015 winner of… Continue reading…

$2k goes to Greensboro students with best business pitches

Four entrepreneurial students walked away from the UNCG Alumni House with $2,000 in prizes on March 31st. They were the latest in a distinguished line of Greensboro-area students to conquer the 2 Minutes to Win It competition. The contest, run by the North Carolina Entrepreneurship Center, features 20 Greensboro-area students… Continue reading…