The Fall 2021 issue of UNCG Research magazine highlights the work of an undergraduate student, as well as research by several College of Arts & Sciences faculty. The issue profiles undergraduate student researcher Kala Youngblood, who is the first UNCG student in nearly a decade to receive the Goldwater Scholarship,… Continue reading…
Dr. Gabriela Stein (Psychology) is lead PI on a new, interdisciplinary research proposal titled: “One Talk at a Time: A racial-ethnic socialization intervention for minoritized families to reduce mental health and academic inequalities.” The William T. Grant Foundation will support the project with a $600,000 grant. Dr. Stein is joined… Continue reading…
Dr. Christopher Hodgkins, a UNC Greensboro professor of English and director of the George Herbert Society – housed at UNCG – has been awarded a prestigious $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Hodgkins’ fourth NEH grant, the award will finance production of the three-volume book series,… Continue reading…
Combining design, history, and computer science, UNC Greensboro is bringing a piece of important local history to life. Members of UNCG’s Interior Architecture and Computer Science departments recently teamed up to create a virtual reality (VR) tour of the historic Magnolia House as it would have appeared in the 1950s…. Continue reading…
Dr. Sarah Praskievicz (Geography, Environment and Sustainability) received new funding from the National Science Foundation for the project “Large Woody Debris in Low-Gradient Floodplain Rivers: Spatial Distribution, Physical Controls, and Geomorphic Effects.” This research seeks to characterize the spatial distribution of large woody debris (LWD) in low-gradient floodplain rivers with… Continue reading…
Dr. Xiaoli Gao (Mathematics and Statistics) received new funding from College of William and Mary for the project “Multiparameter Persistence: An Algebraic Topological Framework for Analyzing Microstructure in Porous Media”. Computational topology and the field of topological data analysis offer powerful tools for analyzing robust structure in noisy images. This… Continue reading…
Dr. Thomas Lewis (Mathematics and Statistics) received new funding from the National Science Foundation for the project “Narrow-Stencil Numerical Methods for Approximating Nonlinear Elliptic Partial Differential Equations.” The goal for this research is to formulate and analyze various numerical approximation methods for nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs). The primary focus will… Continue reading…
Dr. Hewan Girma, a professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) at UNC Greensboro, has received a prestigious Career Enhancement Fellowship from The Institute for Citizens and Scholars. The award includes a $15,000 stipend for a six-month research sabbatical; a research, travel, or publication stipend (up to $1,500);… Continue reading…
More information on this exciting award to come!
Dr. Kimberly Petersen (Chemistry & Biochemistry) received new funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for the project “Stereoselective Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Heterocycles via Brønsted Acid Catalysis.” The goal of this proposal is to generate innovative strategies for the asymmetric preparation of different heterocyclic motifs, including N-containing compounds, that contain a chiral center. Realization… Continue reading…
