Dr. Tom Lewis, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, has received a new three-year grant from the American Mathematical Society for his project, Narrow-Stencil High-Order Numerical Methods for Approximating Nonlinear Elliptic PDEs. The funding will support travel and supplies to enhance Dr. Lewis’s research, to support his mentoring of graduate students,… Continue reading…
Over the summer, Arts & Sciences faculty received a number of new and continuing grant awards. We have wrangled them all in this post. Congratulations to these faculty and good luck on these projects! Dr. Marc Rich (Communications Studies) received a new award from the City of Greensboro ABC Board… Continue reading…
Dr. Liam Duffy (Chemistry and Biochemistry) and Dr. Kaira Wagoner (Biology) have each received new R&D grants from NCInnovation, a public-private partnership designed to accelerate and commercialize innovative research emerging from North Carolina’s universities. Duffy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the founder of… Continue reading…
In the 2024-25 academic year, the College of Arts & Sciences Office of Research supported 25 UNCG students with nearly $25,000 in grants from the Dorothy Levis Munroe Research Fund. The fund was endowed by alumna Dorothy Levis Munroe ‘44 to support student research in the “natural and mathematical sciences.” … Continue reading…
Dr. Jill Bender, an Associate Professor in the Department of History, will spend the 2025-2026 academic year as a Visiting Associate Professor at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Bender is a historian of the modern British Empire. Learn more about her work.
IARC: NC Commerce Main Street Renewal 2025-2028 Callista Mansell, an Academic Professional Assistant Professor in the Department of Interior Architecture, and Travis Hicks, Professor and Department Head, have been awarded a three-year contract from the NC Department of Commerce for the project “IARC: NC Commerce Main Street Renewal 2025-2028.” The… Continue reading…
UNCG biochemistry student Janae Wofford has been awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for her innovative research into combating antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” by exploring natural compounds from trees. Guided by Dr. Nadja Cech, Wofford’s work focuses on identifying antimicrobial agents from the American Beech tree, aiming to develop new medicines to treat increasingly dangerous infections.
“Microplastics have been found… I mean, everywhere. Soil, air, water — it’s everywhere,” says Christopher Pilgrim, a junior biology major and Munroe Research Award recipient. “And this is the thing that really captivates me: it doesn’t matter your demographic or socioeconomic status. This is affecting everybody.” Pilgrim says the danger… Continue reading…
Dr. Ayalew Osena, Associate Professor of Biology, has received a grant award from the University of Houston as part of a larger project funded by USDA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initative (AFRI). The project, Partnership: Elucidating biogeochemical cycling of Silicon to improve plant biomass, climate stress tolerance and CO2 sequestration,… Continue reading…
Dr. Nicholas Oberlies, Patricia A. Sullivan Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Director of Graduate Studies in UNCG’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has received a new $80,000 grant from Ionic Pharmaceuticals as part of the company’s larger NIH SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grant, “Treating Second-Degree Burn Wound Infections with… Continue reading…
