“Traditionally within the mental health field, trauma was thought of as an area of specialization,” explains Dr. Rebecca Mathews. “But we have found that all of us need to know how to provide trauma-informed care.” In response, UNCG’s Department of Counseling and Educational Development developed the Trauma-Informed Professional Practice certificate training program, or TIPP.
Dr. Jazmin Graves Eyssallenne, an Assistant Professor in the African American and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) program, has won a Junior Faculty Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Institute of Citizens and Scholars.
New funding for UNCG research, scholarship, and creative activity – see some of the grants that recently came through our Office of Sponsored Programs.
It starts with a desire to solve acute community problems. It’s facilitated by critical partnerships. It grows out of creativity and cross-disciplinary savvy. As UNCG builds a culture of social innovation and entrepreneurship, NC communities reap the benefits.
Dr. Sally Koerner (lead PI) and Dr. Kimberly Komatsu (Co-PI), both Associate Professors in the Department of Biology, recently received a $300,000 grant from the USDA.
Erica Payton Foh was named the first permanent faculty fellow of UNCG’s Center for Housing and Community Studies.
Each summer, the College of Arts & Sciences at UNCG shares a list of books published by its professors over the past year. The following lineup of 14 books (plus a couple of bonus publications!) explore a range of topics, from innovations spurred by the grocery chain Piggly Wiggly, to the rhetoric surrounding reproductive rights.
For the past 50 years, Classical Studies Professor Emeritus Jeffrey Soles has focused on the secrets buried on one Greek island off the coast of Crete. His discoveries about Bronze Age cultures have received worldwide acclaim.
Searching for funding? Here are a few opportunities the Office of Sponsored Programs is highlighting this July.
The Office of Research Integrity offers a reminder about when to update key personnel lists for all active awards.