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. Michaeline Jensen, psychologist and assistant professor at UNCG, is highlighted in an article about “Kids Are More Depressed Than Ever. Is Social Media to Blame?” Dr. Jenson gives a quote disarming the belief that smartphones affect adolescents’ mental health. The article.
- Dr. Maria Lim serves as the moderator for a panel confronting anti-Asain racism during The Art Education 2021-22 Guest Speaker Series hosted by Fresno State university. The article.
- Dr. Channelle D. James is mentioned in an article mentioning her leadership of a new program for minority entrepreneurship. Scale to Exel was created to provide curriculum to racially diverse entrepreneurs. The mention.
- Duane Cyrus, Bessie Award nominated performer and a professor at UNCG, is featured in an article by The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) for his success in being selected as a guest curator for their Main Gallery exhibit: Black@Intersection: Contemporary Black Voices in Art. The article.
- Dr. Aron Allen will be featured as a roundtable discussant during the Responses in Music to Climate change conference on the topic of Confronting Climate Change Amid Covid-19. The feature.
- Mary Lauders is interviewed in an article about changes to UNCG homecoming, particularly how UNCG alumni will not be able to attend. She responds that she hopes homecoming will still feel the same. The article.
- Dr. Edna Tan is named the recipient of the Jennifer Smith Hooks ’76 and Jacob T. Hooks Distinguished Professorship in STEM Education. The award.
- Audrey Synder is featured in an article about “Rural hospitals losing hundreds of staff to high-paid traveling nurse jobs” and gives a quote on the impact this has on small hospitals. The feature.
- Detective Shahzad is featured in an article about dangerous driving in Greensboro and gives a quote about the police effort to stop it. The article.
- Dr. Nir Kshetri writes an article about how cybercriminals are using the pandemic to attack schools and colleges. Kshetri gives statistics and examples of how cybercriminals do this and how it impacts all of us. The article.
