New home for the School of Education
The School of Education is getting a new home — a structure that will be the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified building on campus.
Nothing ‘nano’ about dean's task
Dr. James G. Ryan has his work cut out for him as the founding dean of the UNCG and NC A&T Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN).
Not your ordinary camp
Youngsters spending a summer morning at the UNCG Dream Camp have at least one thing in common — they have all been diagnosed with Asperger's Disorder.
Window on the past
Folks have been giving the Julius Foust Building double-takes for several months now. The reason: green and maroon trim colors that haven't been seen in over a century.
- Easing side effects of chemo
- UNCG and the NC Nanotech Accelerator have joined forces to develop a treatment for cancerous tumors that could reduce the side effects, such as hair loss and nausea, associated with current treatment methods.
- Science on tap
- Thirsty for conversation about superbugs, chemicals in the environment and a little something more? Learn more about Science on Tap, a series of science talks delivered by UNCG faculty at M'Coul’s, a Greensboro pub.
- iSchool in high school
- Enrollments in theUNCG iSchool, the first virtual early college in the nation, have more than doubled since the program's launch in Fall 2007.
- Buhtan bound
- In February, Dr. Susan Walcott and Dr. Joe Morgan of the geography department, along with two geography students, traveled 30 hours to Bhutan. The team’s mission: assist the Bhutanese government with constructing the country's first Geographic Information Systems maps.
- More than fun and games
- For Tom Martinek, a basketball or jump rope is often a better translator than any Spanish-English dictionary.
- Sifting through history
- A subtle breeze brings relief from the heat. The metallic clank of shovels against dry earth settles into a pleasing rhythm. The Blandwood excavation, funded through a $40,000 grant from the Greensboro Bicentennial Commission, is at full-throttle.
- Hanging it up
- This summer, the waning era of the landline came to an end at UNCG.
- Bye, Cell: Our love/hate relationship with cell hones
- No one who visits UNCG — or any college campus — can help noticing the proliferation of cell phones. Dr. Elizabeth “Jody” Natalle, associate professor of communication, gives her take on all this.
- About face
- Wonder what UNCG students are chatting about these days? UNCG-related groups on Facebook, an online social utility, provide a fun look at what amuses and bemuses students.
- Missing issues
- University Archives is missing several issues of the Carolinian student newspaper from the fall of 1940 to the fall of 1946.
