UNCG’s dedication to eSports education is not only for students. From English to psychology to religious studies, faculty can get in on the fun and games and advance their research with help from the Network for the Cultural Study of Videogaming.
UNC Greensboro is showcased in an Association of Public and Land-grant Universities report on accelerating publicly engaged research to help tackle vexing challenges facing communities across the globe.
UNC Greensbioro’s Mathieu Despard brings his background as a social worker to financial wellness research. Two of his recent studies found high financial insecurity among frontline health care workers and gig workers during the pandemic.
Zaire Miles-Moultrie says choosing UNCG allowed him to be “who I wanted to be.” In one year, he’s launched an exhibit, taken first at the undergrad expo, and become an AXA Art Prize finalist.
Conducted over the last ten years, the research of Bryan School Professor Prashant Palvia and his team should improve the lives of IT workers around the world.
An NIH exhibit curated by Dr. Anne Parsons explores the treatment of people with mental illness throughout American history – bringing to light the tension that exists between care and incarceration.
YJ Seo spent most of his childhood playing ice hockey – even playing on the South Korean national team in the 2018 Olympics. But now his challenge is a kinesiology doctoral program at UNC Greensboro and helping other former athletes make the tough transition out of their sports.
Biology professor Gideon Wasserberg and his collaborators study disease-carrying parasites locally and across the world. They recently identified bacteria in NC chiggers that may cause a disease previously unseen in the U.S.
UNCG biology and chemistry researchers find that increasingly popular African grain exhibits antioxidant activity in human cells, adding to evidence of health benefits.
After a national search, UNC Greensboro is pleased to announce that Dr. Maria Pitre-Martin will become the next executive director of the UNCG SERVE Center.