The NIH-funded U-RISE program at UNCG is currently seeking applications from talented undergraduates for the 2024-25 cycle. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2025. Prospective applicants must be sophomores, majoring in science, in good academic standing (GPA of 3.0 or greater), with an interest in pursuing a graduate degree in… Continue reading…
Top-of-the-line lab equipment at UNC Greensboro takes students’ skills to the next level. This technology, and the labs where they’re stored, are carefully managed by experienced research specialists. It’s thanks to them that students and faculty can trust that equipment works the way it should, so that they gain meaningful knowledge each time they step into the lab.
Drs. Janet Boseovski and Ashleigh Gallagher are experts in psychology, but their most recent book makes scientific concepts easy to digest for moms and girls of all ages, so they can cultivate healthy body image development before they’re even teenagers.
On a research trip to the Middle East in the summer of 2023, students and faculty uncovered remains of a Bosnian refugee village – and tracked down their descendants. This year, undergraduate researchers continue to analyze findings from that dig in the lab.
Dr. Patrick Giamario, associate professor of political science, explores the evolution of political humor in his book “Laughter as Politics: Critical Theory in an Age of Hilarity.”
Dr. Minjeong Kim, an Associate Professor and Interim Chair of the Computer Science department, has received a $13,000 for an NIH grant led by UNC Chapel Hill for the proposal “Summer Research Education Program for Promoting Computational Neuroimaging Technology in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD).” The project is… Continue reading…
The Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creativity Office (URSCO) has announced upcoming deadlines for two of its premier programs: the Thomas Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards and the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award (URCA). Thomas Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards – nominations due November 8, 2024URSCO requests nominations of outstanding UNCG faculty mentors… Continue reading…
Hosted by the Department of Psychology, the 2024-25 Harriet Elliott Lecture Series (HELS) will highlight the insidious ways that life stress, sometimes under different monikers, impacts our lives, our communities, and our health – and what we can do about it.
Dr. Jonathan Chekan, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has received a new LEAP grant from the National Science Foundation for his proposal “LEAPS-MPS: Engineering and Evolution of Copper-Dependent Enzymes for Targeted Peptide Cyclization.” LEAP-MPS stands for Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical… Continue reading…
The College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) is pleased to share that its Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has received the 2024 CAS Dean’s Award for the Promotion of Diversity and Inclusiveness. The Department is recognized due to their remarkable, comprehensive efforts to foster an inclusive environment. Not only does… Continue reading…
