UNCG in the News - June 2008
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- After this summer, UNCG will be disconnecting landline telephones in its residence halls. The move comes after a survey disclosed that almost 98 percent of dorm students are now using cell phones. News & Record. (6-26-08)
- UNCG has proposed creation of a School of Pharmacy as part of its UNC Tomorrow initiatives. News & Record. (6-25-08)
- Dr. Scott Romine, an English professor who wrote an introduction for Walter Hines Page's recently re-released novel "The Southerner," wrote an article about Page and educational reform for the News & Record. (6-22-08)
- Jan Wassel, director of the Gerontology Program, is quoted in Newsday, a Long Island, NY, newspaper, on the connotations of terms used to describe aging. (6-21-08)
- UNCG students under the direction of Dr. Linda Stine are doing an archaeological excavation around Blandwood Mansion this summer. News & Record. (6-20-08)
- The Bryan School of Business & Economics has joined forces with the Nussbaum Center to create a program to provide student assistance to entrepreneurs. The Business Journal. (6-19-08)
- UNCG and NC A&T have hired the new dean for the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering. He is Dr. James G. Ryan of the University Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, and his first day on the job is July 14. News & Record . (6-5-08)
- Theatre 232, UNCG's summer collaboration with Triad Stage in downtown Greensboro, is opening with the musical, "Bloody Blackbeard." The summer season also features "Mere Mortals" and "Redbeard's Revenge," being performed by a cast of mostly UNCG drama majors. News & Record - Go Triad. (6-5-08)
- UNCG Archaeologist Linda Stine is heading up a team of students who are digging at the historic Blandwood estate in downtown Greensboro. The dig was made possible by a grant from the Greensboro Bicentennial Commission. News & Record. (6-8-08)
