In Memoriam: Dr. Robert C. Hansen
Dr. Robert (Bob) Hansen, Emeritus Professor of Theatre and former Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences passed away on October 20, 2025.
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Kane and Silvia receive new IES grant to study academic procrastination
Dr. Michael Kane and Dr. Paul Silvia, both Professors in the Department of Psychology, are UNCG Co-PIs on a new collaborative project funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences. The project, A Multipronged Approach to Small-Teaching Interventions for Reducing Academic Procrastination: A Randomized Control Study via… Continue reading…
Lewis receives new Grant from American Mathematical Society
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…
The Five-Minute Pitch Meet & Greet for UNCG Faculty
Pitch Your Ideas. Find Your Transdisciplinary Team. Win Funding. Faculty from all UNCG colleges and schools are invited.
IGNITE RESEARCH FUND HOSTS 5-MINUTE PITCH, MEET & GREET, NOV. 11
The Ignite Transdisciplinary Research Fund has been established by the College of Arts & Sciences to foster research collaborations between CAS and other colleges and schools at UNCG. On Tuesday, Nov. 11, CAS will host a 5-Minute Pitch Meet & Greet event from 3-5 PM in the Alumni House. Please… Continue reading…
The Great Self-Portrait
Dr. Hronek examines the nature of cyborg in fictional literature and media and ponders the questions of whether technology is portrayed as a liberator or another means of oppresion.
CS Colloquium Talk: “Data and AI Markets: A Data Science Perspective” by Prof. Jian Pei
The Department of Computer Science is delighted to invite you to a distinguished talk titled, “Data and AI Markets: A Data Science Perspective” by Prof. Jian Pei, the Arthur S. Pearse Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Duke University. With over 140,000 citations on Google Scholar, he is one of the world’s leading scholars in data mining and database fields. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights from a top scholar!
AI, Work, and Meaning
The College of Arts & Sciences’ Ashby Dialogues presents this lecture by Professor Zach Wrublewski of UNCG’s Philosophy Department. The 2025-26 Ashby Dialogues explores the theme, “Rethinking the Algorithm: AI and the Human Experience.”
ROUND-UP of SUMMER CAS GRANT AWARDS
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…
Research Assignment Applications due to Dept heads by Sept. 5
The University is committed to the advancement of research and creative scholarship. The Research Assignment program rewards tenured faculty members who have demonstrated distinguished contributions to the University through a competitively-won award of either one semester at full salary or two semesters at half salary during which the faculty member… Continue reading…