Dr. Sara Heredia (Teacher Education and Higher Education) received new funding from the Exploratorium for the project “The Phenomenal Genome: Evolving Public Understanding of Genetics in the Post-Mendelian Era.” Heredia will be responsible for supporting the design team in developing and researching the teacher component of the project. This includes an on-site… Continue reading…
Dr. Eric Josephs (Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering) received new funding from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. The researchers will experimentally validate new molecular tools that they computationally predict could dramatically accelerate the production of crop variants with targeted genetic modifications (‘precision breeding’) to address future agricultural challenges. They… Continue reading…
Luciana Lilley (English) and Frank Donaldson (Media Studies) spoke last Sunday at Triad Stage productions. Lilley discussed Triad Stage’s adaptation in Winston-Salem of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, directed by Preston Lane, a UNCG CVPA faculty member and co-founder of Triad Stage. Donaldson spoke in Greensboro on the golden age of… Continue reading…
Dr. Wendy McColskey (SERVE Center) received new funding from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction for the project “2019-2020 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Cohort 14 Level I Grant Application Review and 2018-2019 Annual Evaluation Reporting.” SERVE will conduct the Level I application reviews of the 21st Century Community… Continue reading…
Dr. Audrey E. Snyder (School of Nursing) received new funding from The Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation for the project “School Health Coordination at Moss Street Partnership School.” This project will help to develop the School Health Coordinator/Nurse role, nurse health room and create a new and innovative student clinical practice site… Continue reading…
Dr. Mitchell Croatt (Chemistry & Biochemistry) received new funding from the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute for the project “TAK1 Inhibition by (5Z)-7-Oxozeaenol Analogues for Anticancer Leads.” This project will develop new anticancer drug leads based on the natural product pharmacophore.
Dr. Sonja Frison (The Center for Youth, Family and Community Partnerships) received a continuation of funding from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for the project “NC Healthy Transitions for Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Disorders.” Dr. Ayesha Boyce and Dr. Tiffany Smith are co-principal investigators on… Continue reading…
Dr. Nadja Cech (Chemistry & Biochemistry) was recently featured as a Face of Mass Spectrometry in the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) journal. The recognition is part of a new interview series that highlights the diversity of ASMS members, as well as demonstrates the various paths that one can… Continue reading…
Dr. Shanmugathasan Suthaharan (Computer Science) received new funding from Fondation Voir et Entendre – Institut de la Vision for the project “Next Generation Optogenetics for Vision Restoration.” Rod-cone dystrophy (RCD) can be caused by numerous genetic variants that result in a range of phenotypes. The clinical imaging the researchers will use in project… Continue reading…
Dr. Jonathan Henner (Specialized Education Services) received new funding from the University of Rochester for the project “Developing a validated quantitative scale of language deprivation in the deaf population.” Dr. Henner will work as a methodology and analysis consultant to examine data collection methods to ensure the integrity of the data collected… Continue reading…
