For over a century, fisheries and natural resource managers have bred native fish in captivity and then released them, en masse, into the wild. It’s a popular method for supporting commercially important or threatened populations: more than 2 billion captive-bred Pacific salmon were released in the U.S. in 2016 alone. … Continue reading…
In recent months, Dr. Bryan McLean, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology, has received two new grants from the National Science Foundation’s Division of Biological Infrastructure. The first, BRC-BIO: Flexible traits and functional trade-offs: an integrated analysis of gastrointestinal plasticity in mammals, totals more than $500,000 over 3… Continue reading…
From freshmen to tenured faculty, UNCG gamers bond over shared interests, exchange ideas, and bring scholarship to the broader community, thanks to the new Network for the Cultural Study of Video Gaming. Associate Director Dr. John Borchert says the network, known as the NCSV, was founded in fall 2021 with the goals of… Continue reading…
A new research project at UNCG aims to leverage VR tech and design skills to raise social justice awareness. Funded internally, the project brings members of UNCG’s interior architecture and computer science departments together with experts from the community. Professor Asha Kutty in UNCG Interior Architecture, Professor Regis Kopper in UNCG Computer… Continue reading…
Dr. Jerry Walsh (Chemistry) and Dr. Lynn Sametz have received a new award from the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center to support Science Everywhere @UNCG in 2023. The 8th annual Science Everywhere Festival will take place on April 22, 2023. The festival will provide STEM activities to all who want… Continue reading…
Dr. Hunter Bacot, a Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in the Department of Political Science, has received an external award to establish a Master of Public Administration Graduate Research Assistantship at the Randolph County Economic Development Corporation (EDC). The project will provide professional learning opportunities for a graduate… Continue reading…
Dr. Ramji Bhandari, an Associate Professor and the Bernard-Glickman Dean’s Professor in the Department of Biology, has received a continuing award as part of a nearly $1.5 M proposal, “Germline transmission of epigenetic alterations to offspring.” The study seeks to understand the the role of germline epigenetic alterations (epimutations) in reproductive… Continue reading…
Dr. Clifford Smyth, an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has received a $42,000 grant from the Simons Foundation for his proposal, “Determinantal Identities and the Rational Non-negativity Problem.” The abstract below provides additional info on this project. The proposed research is on a series of combinatorial… Continue reading…
Dr. Amanda Gale, Associate Professor in the Department of Interior Architecture, has received a grant from the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) for her proposal “Multi-Sensory Environments as a Catalyst for Student Resiliency within Higher Education.” The award is through the Stantec Innovation Partnership grant, which “invites a student/academic research… Continue reading…
Dr. Jasmine DeJesus, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, has received a continuation award as part of NIH-funded project led by the University of Michigan: “The Development of Eating Behavior in Infancy: Associations with Behavior, Diet, and Growth to Age 6 years.” Dr. DeJesus is especially involved in the… Continue reading…
