Dr. Lucía I. Méndez (Communication Sciences and Disorders) received new funding from the National Science Foundation for the project: “Bilingualtek: An Integrated Science-Language Instructional Approach for Latino Preschoolers.”This project addresses the need to minimize differences in science learning opportunities faced by low-income Latino preschoolers through the development and assessment of Bilingualtek (BT). BT is a multimedia-supported, integrated […]  Read More »

Dr. Yarneccia D. Dyson (Social Work) has received new funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the project “Integrated Behavioral Health & Racial Equity Scholars Program.” Dr. Melissa Floyd-Pickard, Dr. Jay Poole, and Dr. Danielle C. Swick are co-principal investigators on the project. With a special focus placed on the knowledge and understanding […]  Read More »

Dr. Sandra Ayoo (Educational Research Methodology) received new funding from Habitat for Humanity International, Inc. for the project “Habitat retrospective and prospective homeowner study and Mortgage-related relief data analysis.” Habitat for Humanity (Habitat) requests UNCG faculty develop an IRB protocol for two homeowner studies: the retrospective study for new construction and repair to be launched […]  Read More »

Dr. Stephen Sills (Center for Housing and Community Studies) received new funding from the National League of Cities for the project “Technical Assistance in Geospatial Health and Housing Data for the City of Bloomington, Illinois – Economic and Community Development Department.” CHCS will work with the City of Bloomington, the Healthy Housing Team, and other […]  Read More »

Dr. Dianne Welsh (Bryan School, Entrepreneurship Cross-Disciplinary Program) has been awarded the Outstanding Contributions to Advancing Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Award, which goes to individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary achievements in entrepreneurship in higher education. Welsh was presented the award at the 10th annual Deshpande Symposium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education, where […]  Read More »

Perry Flynn (Communication Sciences and Disorders) received new funding from Phoenix Academy for the project “Speech Language Pathology Service Contract with Phoenix Academy.” The purpose of this agreement is to provide speech and language therapy services to children in the Phoenix Academy who qualify for these services. The Speech/Language Pathologists at Phoenix Academy will: 1.  […]  Read More »

Dr. Xueping Liang (Information Systems and Supply Change Management) received new funding from the Office of Naval Research for the project “Cybersecurity Research on Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing Applications for Tomorrow’s Workforce in STEM.” The objective of this project is to train the next generation workforce for the United States Defense industry through an […]  Read More »

Early this week, faculty and students were notified about changes to the format of course offerings for Fall 2021 via University messages and a video message from Associate Vice Provost of Student Success Dr. Andrew Hamilton. Much progress has been made in addressing the pandemic, including wide-spread availability of vaccines and a significant drop in […]Read More »

This article is part of a series of regular updates on the process of creating the new University website, uncg.edu. As teams across campus work on preparing content to migrate to the new site, the goal is to keep prospective students top of mind as the intended audience. May 2021:In consultation with our website design […]Read More »

Whether researchers with timely insights or students with outstanding stories, members of the UNCG community appear in print, web and broadcast media every day. Here is a sampling of UNCG-related stories in the news and media over the week. Dr. Debra J. Barksdale was featured in The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education for her […]Read More »

Whether researchers with timely insights or students with outstanding stories, members of the UNCG community appear in print, web and broadcast media every day. Here is a sampling of UNCG-related stories in the news and media over the week. Dr. Noah Lenstra wrote a featured article about public libraries and their plan to distribute food […]Read More »

Dr. Vira Rodgers Kivett died May 18.  She was not only a UNCG faculty member but a triple alumnus who received a bachelor’s of science from Woman’s College in 1955, and a master’s of science and Ph.D from UNC Greensboro.  Dr. Kivett began her career as a UNCG employee as campus dietician and became director […]Read More »

Dr. Karl Schleunes, Professor Emeritus of history, died May 15. He taught at UNCG from 1971 to 2010, when he retired.  Dr. Schleunes was a renowned scholar of Holocaust and German Empire history, helping to establish a new field in modern historical studies during the 1960s. He pursued groundbreaking research in the Berlin Document Center […]Read More »

Joel Lee has been selected as UNC Greensboro’s new associate vice chancellor for Enrollment Management. He will begin on June 14, 2021.  Lee comes to UNCG from Winston-Salem State University, where he served as the assistant vice chancellor for Enrollment Management for the past six years. During that time, he led a team that delivered […]Read More »

Chelsea Ann Bunch Burke, Assistant Registrar for Strategic Scheduling in the University Registrar’s Office, died May 16. She was a double UNCG alumna with a bachelor of arts in international and global studies and a master of arts in applied arts and sciences. She became a member of the URO team in 2009 as a […]Read More »