Funding Friday: IGNITE and STEM
New and continued funding going to UNCG researchers will help the advance understanding of topics such as bilingual classrooms and building resilient communities.
UNCG Archaeology Students Uncover Local History in Old Salem
UNCG partnered with Old Salem for an archaeology field school to give students hands-on experience collecting material culture from early Moravian settlements.
Cure, Care, and Duty with UNCG English Professor Moraru
The Research Magazine interviewed UNCG’s 2023 Senior Research Excellence Award winner Christian Moraru, a scholar recognized internationally as the expert in post-WWII American fiction and postmodernism and one of the most significant 21st century scholars of world literature.
Erasing Covid Learning Loss
Schools nationwide opened their doors to students following months of learning loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To address those losses, UNCG and Guilford County Schools have partnered to create The Tutoring Collaborative, bringing graduate students from across campus into K-12 as tutors. A $2 million grant supports the program, offering graduate students stipends for 20 hours of tutoring a week.
$1.5M UNCG-led Collaborative Focuses on Green Energy Innovations
In the search for new types of environmentally friendly energy systems, the initiative “Nature Inspired Collaborative Energy Research” draws inspiration from the complex molecules found in fungi and other natural organisms.
UNCG Psychology Student Studies Profanity in Humor
Meriel Burnett’s award-winning research analyzed the jokes told by hundreds of her fellow students to understand what profanity can say about personality.
Bridging K-12 Pipeline Gaps
UNCG’s Institute for Partnerships in Education has launched several initiatives to address shortages of qualified K-12 educators in North Carolina. From offering targeted training for new STEM teachers and library media coordinators and professional development opportunities tailored to counties’ individual needs, IPiE is bridging K-12 pipeline gaps.
Trained to Take On Trauma
“Traditionally within the mental health field, trauma was thought of as an area of specialization,” explains Dr. Rebecca Mathews. “But we have found that all of us need to know how to provide trauma-informed care.” In response, UNCG’s Department of Counseling and Educational Development developed the Trauma-Informed Professional Practice certificate training program, or TIPP.
Social Innovation
It starts with a desire to solve acute community problems. It’s facilitated by critical partnerships. It grows out of creativity and cross-disciplinary savvy. As UNCG builds a culture of social innovation and entrepreneurship, NC communities reap the benefits.
2024 UNCG Research Magazine is Now Available Online
An ambitious obesity study following kids from the womb to preschool, the art of Disney, social entrepreneurship improving lives across NC, cosmodernism, and chiggers and ticks and sand flies (oh my!). Explore our wide-ranging impact in the 2024 issue of UNCG Research magazine.