Sometimes academic research is just good business. Minerva Lithium, cofounded by JSNN faculty members Sheeba Dawood ’20 PhD and Dr. Hemali Rathnayake, has garnered funding and brought a valuable product to a key industry market. Learn more below. Minerva Lithium wins TechCrunch 2022 Minerva Lithium and the Bryan School
From the medical lab to the photo studio, Sharlie Brown ’05 is exceptional. Her main career is as a human tissue compatibility specialist at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, helping ensure cell and tissue transplants are successful. Most patients don’t know this: She took top prize in this year’s Smithsonian… Continue reading…
Of all the segments of our UNCG community supporting the Light the Way campaign, one stands out for its high level of participation in giving: faculty and staff. In fact, 3,368 of the campaign’s donors are current or former employees of the University, an August 2024 Advancement report shows. Their… Continue reading…
North Carolina needs more nurses. In Summer 2024, UNCG’s School of Nursing received more than $2.4 million to enroll more nursing students. UNCG Nursing anticipates expanding enrollment in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program by more than 50% in two years. In addition to increases in the pre-licensure BSN… Continue reading…
The year’s most anticipated Weatherspoon Art Museum exhibition presents contemporary artists engaging with experiences and understandings of disability. Some artists in the exhibition “Crip” identify as disabled and some do not, but each has a relationship to at least one identity that is not perceived as normal. Too often, organizers… Continue reading…
When you celebrate the interns of Campus Greensboro – and all of Guilford County – on National Intern Day, you do it big. The year’s biggest news for the Campus Greensboro Fellows? The number of interns this summer skyrocketed by 80 percent. A year ago there were 98, says UNCG… Continue reading…
Greensboro Bound and UNC Greensboro are collaborating to bring National Book Award-winning author James McBride to the Elliott University Center May 16 at 7 p.m. During the event, McBride will be in conversation with UNCG alumna Tita Ramírez ’00 MFA, author of the novel “Tell It To Me Singing,” published… Continue reading…
When you have a lifelong passion for both history and music, you’ll find plenty of both in North Carolina. Tori Hinshaw’s award-winning capstone project at this month’s UNCG Research Expo is another step in her impactful research. “In high school (in Tennessee), I realized that my favorite bands –… Continue reading…
They say the neon lights are bright there. Some Spartans undergrads are shining brightly, too. Dasia Amos, a huge Michael Jackson fan, is helping tell his life story in “MJ: The Musical” at the Neil Simon Theatre. Part of the ensemble, she also has a speaking role as Suzanna de… Continue reading…
Department of Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies professors completed three years of research funded by a $528,000 USDA Higher Education Challenge grant.
