Richard Vestal: From research on Glioblastoma to Zika virus

While a UNCG doctoral student at JSNN, Richard Vestal ’10 MS, ’15 PhD focuses on identifying ways to target cancer cells, with the goal of reducing the pain and suffering associated with chemotherapy and radiation treatments by improving the deliverability of cancer therapies. As he explained in a UNCG Magazine… Continue reading…

Latoya Jordan develops legal interpreting skills

Latoya Jordan ‘06, featured on the cover in 2019, is an American Sign Language Interpreter and a CODA, a child of a deaf adult. She has worked in several fields within the profession, from interpreting for state and federal agencies, to medical appointments, from theater and film and post secondary… Continue reading…

Julie DeVore and Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’

Since working on “School of Rock” (when UNCG Magazine last featured her), Julie DeVore ’10 has continued her Broadway career. She has worked closely with pop-star David Byrne on the “American Utopia” show – and helped create his unique “Unchained” show when many cast members were out during the height… Continue reading…

Anne Prince Cuddy: Trailblazer in SGA, IBM, and more

Anne Prince Cuddy ‘64 has been a trailblazer in her career and in retirement. In breaking norms, she got her start at Woman’s College.   As a freshman, “I was the nerdiest nerd,” she recalls. “I was tall and clumsy.” By the time she was a junior, she won the race… Continue reading…

Catherine Johnson

Leading through the Covid crisis presented challenges around every corner. “I kept saying I’ve never been faced with this before,” says Guilford County Family Justice Center Director Catherine Johnson ‘09 MS/EdS.  While much of the world closed down, the Family Justice Center was negotiating how to keep helpers safe so… Continue reading…

Vivid visuals of Kyle Webster

Kyle Webster ’99 has served as illustrator for several issues of UNCG Magazine, including two covers. And he has furthered the artist’s age-old tradition of making his own tools: “I ended up building my career on bringing my training in natural media into the digital world,” he says. After starting… Continue reading…

Chase Holleman

Chase Holleman ’16, when UNCG Magazine last covered him, was Program Director in GCSTOP (Guilford County Solution To The Opioid Problem), located in the UNCG Department of Social Work. In the community’s fight against overdose fatality, he was on the front line. GCSTOP functions as a clinical training site for… Continue reading…

Veteran Jessica Rambo, on her unique journey

After the military, Jessica Rambo came to UNCG to pursue a BFA and possibly an MFA. In the middle of her undergraduate program, though, her work with veteran resources in both UNCG and the broader Greensboro community took her down a different path: She now lives as a nomad in… Continue reading…

Elizabeth Hudson

Elizabeth Hudson ’95, when UNCG Magazine last profiled her, was showing the yellowed paper she has long kept pinned at her desk. On it are notes from Charles Davis’ Southern Fiction class at UNCG that she uses as a guide to build each issue of Our State magazine, where she… Continue reading…

Ernest Dollar

Ernest Dollar ’93 continues to tell the story of our state capital as the director of the City of Raleigh Museum. He tells us, “One of my life goals takes place (in April 2022): I have a book coming out on the end of the Civil War in North Carolina.”… Continue reading…