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News Items from UNC Greensboro

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News Items from UNC Greensboro

Students looking at a turtle at the Herpetological Research Experience

This summer, UNC Greensboro will open its campus to young minds – from gamers to athletes to artists and everything in between – offering more than 15 camps led by world-class faculty, students, and experts. Camps are designed around a wide variety of interests including sports, music, engineering, writing, coding, and even YouTube streaming. See […]

Dana with UNCG students and faculty in Spain

This blog is updated weekly. Scroll to read entries from previous weeks. Week 2 Hello again Spartans, I have now been in Spain for about a week, and I have been loving my time here! On my way here, I took a group flight that UNCG made available to me with a large group of […]

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.

Author of the bestselling “Pure” trilogy and 24 other published books, MFA program alumna Julianna Baggott has made the best of the pandemic years by writing for television and films.

We extend our condolences to the families of the victims gunned down in a racially motivated mass murder at a grocery store in Buffalo, NY. This heinous act of violence was fueled by an ideology of hatred intended to instill fear and divide us. UNCG stands in solidarity with the people of Buffalo and condemns […]

Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus (APIC) members

UNC Greensboro’s chapter of the Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus (APIC) leaders reflect on their heritage in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month.

Greensboro Bound, founded in 2017, returns to the city this week as an in-person event, after two years as a virtual festival. Readings and panels are planned for venues in downtown and several locations at UNCG.

Beth Leavel teaching a UNCG musical theatre student

Tony Award-winning actress and UNC Greensboro alumna Beth Leavel ’80 MFA left an indelible impression on musical theatre students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts last week. Teaching a masterclass in the Sprinkle Theatre – by all accounts one of the best-ever to be given at the University – Leavel offered advice for […]

Four faculty members using UNCG's new micro-CT scanner

An interdisciplinary team of scientists at UNC Greensboro has been awarded the university’s first National Science Foundation (NSF) major research instrumentation (MRI) grant – totaling $642,892 – to install a high-powered micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) machine. The new X-ray based instrument, installed in March, will give scientists at UNCG and across the region the ability to produce high-resolution […]

Senior Colin Alexander of the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men’s track & field team recently rewrote the record books. On Friday, April 15, Alexander took on the outdoor mile with one goal in mind – to break the school record. The school record that was once held by two-time Olympic medalist Paul Chelimo on March 22, 2013 at the HPU […]

“We are a force to be reckoned with,” says Nicole Rowe ’22. “That’s something we’ve shown over the course of the pandemic. And I think that’s a trait that is going to be very beneficial in life because you never know what’s going to be thrown at you.”

A half-dozen seniors gathered to take some portraits, share their future plans, and give us their thoughts on graduating.