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. According to the Institute, “The Career Enhancement Fellows are exceptional scholars whose work broadens the range of perspectives… Continue reading…
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 US Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for their 2-year project, “SEED Grant: Exploring the role of nutrient-based mutualisms in the… Continue reading…
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.
“My writing is definitely informed by my own worldview, experience, gender journey, and sexuality,” says Emilia Phillips, a poet and teacher in the MFA in Creative Writing program.
Phillips’ latest collection, “Nonbinary Bird of Paradise,” revises cultural, religious, and mythological narratives that support heterosexuality as “the norm.” They unveiled the book at a reading this spring with students and artists that inspired the work.
Four students from UNC Greensboro were named fellows in the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
The oldest fellowship of its kind, the NSF GFRP is awarded to only 16 percent of applicants and supports outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high-achieving scientists and engineers.
In the 2023-24 academic year, the College of Arts & Sciences Office of Research supported 20 UNCG students with nearly $20,000 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. Zhenquan Jia, Professor of Biology, has received a new $300,000 grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture for his proposal, “Exploration of bioactive components in Hawaiian mamaki tea with potential to modulate vascular inflammation.” The two-year project is a collaboration with the University of Hawaii and… Continue reading…
Dr. Kaira Wagoner, a research scientist in the Department of Biology, has received a new $10,000 grant from the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) for her proposal “Development of a Beekeeper-Friendly Assay to Quantify Honeybee colony Grooming Behavior.” More info about this project can be found in the abstract… Continue reading…
Through a new course, UNCG biology professor Dr. Bryan McLean is helping students make sense of biodiversity data.
Each year, the CAS Office of Research supports faculty members’ international travel through our International Travel Fund. The program provides up to $1,000 in matching funds for tenured or tenure-track faculty to travel abroad for research or conference presentations. (Faculty on phased retirement are eligible for reduced match of $500.)… Continue reading…
