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News Items from UNC Greensboro

Dr. Charles Egeland has just made a striking discovery about sabertooth cat bones, which tells us something about our own history. This summer, UNCG students will join him in continuing field work in Tanzania.

A woman sits in front of a computer projecting a blue map

Nabeela Farhat, doctoral candidate and the recipient of the Michael Lewis Award for Graduate Outstanding Teaching Assistant in Spring 2022, excels in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability with strong mentorship from Dr. Selima Sultana.

For the second consecutive year, a Spartan has received one of the most prestigious STEM-field scholarships in the nation. Beh Rah’s life story began on the border of Thailand.
A former student at UNCG’s Middle College, he has been involved in research his entire college career, studying in the lab of Dr. Ramji Bhandari.

Graduate student displays computer that has a program in her laboratory

Basheerah Enahora complements her clinical practice as a dietitian with her doctoral studies in the Department of Nutrition.

After two years online, UNCG’s Graduate Research and Creativity Expo returned in person last Friday. In six categories, a $1,000 prize was awarded to students who best succeeded in communicating their research in a clear and engaging manner.

A woman uses a device to measure knee laxity on another women's knees

Dr. Sandra Schultz from the Department of Kinesiology shares insight about how changes that occur during puberty, including shifting hormones and body composition, could increase females’ susceptibility to ACL injuries.

Digging into the public domain archives isn’t for the faint of heart. “There are a huge number of primary texts, and most of them are lost because of the sheer volume,” says English major Rene Marzuk. Marzuk is on a team of students, led by Dr. Karen Kilcup, who are excavating the archives in search […]

Jeans that charge your phone, take your temperature, and report your electrolytes. Are we living in the Jetsons yet? Researchers at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering are looking at capabilities for textiles.

A highschool student sits at a desk and writes in a notebook in a classroom

This Q&A with Dr. Wayne Journell explores how how K-12 social studies curriculum should transform now that the pandemic has exposed deficiencies in much of the traditional narrative found in textbooks and state curriculum standards.

Plant physiologist Dr. Ayalew Osenais working to unlock the secrets of this versatile and largely unknown crop tef. His work will uncover potential health benefits of phytochemicals in the grain and how it can be transferred to major cereals via molecular breeding. Read more at UNCG Research

Last year, an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that, according to federal data, only 2.1 percent of tenured professors at four-year colleges are Black women. Many universities have initiatives to diversify their teaching and research faculty, but there are persisting issues and pressures that present themselves to minorities in a workforce. Current […]

Professor Demetrius Noble and the lines of the poem "In defense of Black poets"

For students in Demetrius ‘D.’ Noble’s newest course Politics of Black Poetry & Rap, it’s three hours of head bobbing to hip-hop, picking apart poetry, and dissecting political issues from works of art in a way that’s “intellectually rigorous, but incredibly fun.”