News and Events
The BELL Program Presents: Creative Writing and Entrepreneurship: They Do Co-exist!
April 16, 2008
4 p.m. in Room 130, Moore Nursing Building
The yin and yang of creative writing and entrepreneurship come together Wednesday, April 16, with “Margaret Hawkins and the Creative Writer.”
Hawkins – a writer, teacher, curator and critic who lives near Chicago – will speak at 4 p.m. in Room 130, Moore Nursing Building. The forum, part of UNCG’s Building Entrepreneurial Learning for Life (BELL) initiative, is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is not required.
Melvin
elected chair of Nussbaum Center
January 24, 2008
Charlie Melvin, a board member of the Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship business
incubator in Greensboro, has been elected the new chairman of that body.
UNCG
hires chancellor search firm
January 18, 2008
UNC-Greensboro has hired executive search firm Baker and Associates to
help in
the search for a successor to Chancellor Pat Sullivan, who plans to step down
in July. The Atlanta-based firm specializes in the higher education, health
and nonprofit sectors and is already working on recruiting a dean for the new
Joint
School
of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for UNCG and N.C. A&T.
Three
UNCG doctors receive funding
January 16, 2008
With all of the exciting advances in technology, UNCG is proud to be involved
in the race. According to a recent press release, $850,000 was awarded to Dr.
Yousef Haik, Dr. Parke Rublee, and Dr. Nadja Cech for use in their research projects.
In total, the university system awarded over $3.8 million to 18 projects at 13 universities.
UNCG
opens center in Kannapolis
January 16, 2008
According to a recent press release, UNCG's Center for Research Excellence in
Bioactive Food Components has opened an office in Kannapolis, part of North Carolina's
Research Campus, that will be a temporary headquarters until construction is
completed in the permanent laboratories.
A&T,
UNCG unveil plans for joint data center
January 15, 2008
Greensboro's two state universities announced Tuesday they will join to build
a new information technology center at the Gateway University Research Park's
south campus near Interstate 85 in Greensboro.
Sixteen
Business Ideas Advance in Piedmont Triad Competition
January 14, 2008
Sixteen potential startups have made it through the first round of competition
for the annual Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network’s annual business
plan competition.
NC
Biotechnology Center Funds Center of Innovation in Medical Technologies
January 9, 2008
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has awarded a $100,000 grant to
a consortium coordinated by NCBIO for Phase I planning for a Center of Innovation
(COI) in
Advanced Medical Technologies.
Triad
Business, Academic Leaders Win $100,000 Grant To Plan
For State’s First Center of Innovation in Nanobiotechnology
November 2, 2007
Triad schools plan nanobio center
November 2, 2007
UNCG is among a consortium of Piedmont Triad institutions to be awarded a $100,000
planning grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center to establish the
state’s first Center of Innovation (COI), focusing on the emerging field
of nanobiotechnology.
SBIR/STTR
Seminar: Funding for Innovation in North Carolina
October 2, 2007, UNC-Greensboro
The federal government awards thousands of R&D grants and contracts each
year through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to small businesses
performing innovative research. Join fellow university researchers and business
people in your local area to learn more about this program and how to become
a successful applicant.
UNCG tech transfer chief looks to accelerate activity
April 6, 2007
UNC-Greensboro's technology transfer office celebrates its fifth anniversary
this week, which essentially means the university thanks its lucky stars
for having recruited and retained Jerry McGuire, its first tech transfer
director.
UNC-Greensboro making plans for nano-bio research center
April 6, 2007
Trustees of UNC-Greensboro will meet later this month to consider a plan
to launch a new research center on campus, one that could offer a significant
boost to their shared effort with N.C. A&T University to win $65 million
in funding for a new Joint School for Nanoscience and Nanoengineering.
UNCG
and N.C. A&T to launch spinoff
March 3, 2007
UNCG and A&T both
ventured into technology transfer at the beginning of the decade, trying
to find ways to use scholarly research as a driver
for economic development and to provide revenue for the schools and
their inventors. Although the programs are still in their infancy,
both schools have experienced steady growth.
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