UNCG partnered with Old Salem for an archaeology field school to give students hands-on experience collecting material culture from early Moravian settlements.
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.
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.
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.
Meriel Burnett’s award-winning research analyzed the jokes told by hundreds of her fellow students to understand what profanity can say about personality.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
Since earning her PhD in human development and family studies, Dr. Tyla Ricks ’23 has invested in nurturing systems of care, becoming an advocate for children and families and a partner to organizations with the tools for their success.