Throughout the year, faculty and staff share their expertise in talks, panels, conferences, and performances open to all their colleagues, students, and the community. The line-up for April will bring thought-provoking conversation starters about artificial intelligence and a month-long exhibition by School of Art faculty that sheds light on creative research and artistic inquiry.
ResearchCon
ResearchCON 2026 showcases the full arc of research at UNCG from early discovery to global influence and community impact. Across six days of programming, faculty, students, industry leaders, and community partners explore how research moves beyond the lab to shape healthcare, business, policy, and public life. With artificial intelligence as a cross-cutting force and engagement at its core, ResearchCON highlights a research ecosystem that is connected, innovative, and built for impact. It runs April 6–11.
Register and browse the schedule for topics of interest.
Presentations, Performances, and Exhibitions
Transforming Bach: QueerPassion, Pride and Community-Building at Bachfest LeipZig
April 1, Noon–1 p.m.
Curry Building, Room 231
Dr. Kailan Rubinoff, associate professor of musicology in the School of Music and cross-appointed faculty in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, talks about how she used the Linda Arnold Carlisle Faculty Grant to support her ethnographic research among the QueerPassion musicians and audience who reimagined J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion.
Holding Space for Many Languages. Community Work with Multilingual Families
April 1, 5–6 p.m.
Weatherspoon Art Museum
This roundtable will explore stories, challenges, and practical strategies to build trust across languages and systems within our communities. Clinical Assistant Professor Doris Kroiss of the School of Education.
WEDOIT Accessibility Incubator
April 7, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
School of Education Building, Room 302
This hands-on event is designed to help you enhance your course materials for better accessibility. Bring your syllabus, assignments, or any course content, and we’ll provide expert guidance and technical support! Whether you’re making small tweaks or big changes, we’re here to make the process easier.
Rethinking How We Talk About And Work With A.I.
April 9, 4 p.m.
School of Education Building, Room 206
Anthropomorphizing language can obscure the fact that replacing humans with machines does not lead to equivalent actions or interactions. In this session by Dr. Cristiane Damasceno, Communication Studies, presents a framework for understanding how technology changes the nature of tasks and prescribes behaviors. This is part of the Ashby Dialogues.
Science Everywhere
April 11, Noon–4 p.m.
Campus-wide
Kids and adults will participate in hands-on STEM activities hosted by multiple UNCG departments and programs. They can visit with scientists and connect with local groups to see how to get involved as a citizen scientist in the Triad.
New Frequencies
March 26–April 24
The Gatewood Gallery, 527 Highland Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27412
New Frequencies presents a selection of works by Sandra Andrade, Rodgers Dameron, Blas Isasi, Kasia Ozga, Varun Saxena, and Leilei Xia. Over the past three years the UNCG School of Art has welcomed these six artists as new members of its Studio Art faculty. This group exhibition highlights a dynamic range of practices across sculpture, new media and design, animation, and interdisciplinary media, offering insight into the creative research and artistic inquiry shaping the work of these recently appointed faculty members.
Concert Band
April 22, 7:30–9 p.m.
UNCG Auditorium
School of Music’s Cat Keen Hock will serenade everyone with her clarinet in this show conducted by Patty Saunders.
Wind Ensemble
April 23, 7:30–9 p.m.
UNCG Auditorium
Wind down for the evening with a performance of Bach, Stravinsky, Edwin Franko Goldman, and more famous pieces by Ryan Reynolds on bassoon and conductor Jonathan Caldwell.
