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  • A UNCG Homecoming 2024 preview

    A UNCG Homecoming 2024 preview

    The big days will be October 4-5, 2024. Join your fellow Spartans for a celebration featuring beloved traditions in new locations and exciting new events: *We are celebrating on College Ave. this year due to ongoing construction on Kaplan Commons. Visit HOMECOMING. UNCG.EDU for more information about the multi-day Homecoming … Continued

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  • UNCG celebrates first-gen pride

    UNCG celebrates first-gen pride

    UNCG provides pathways to economic prosperity for all its students, including those who are the first in their families to graduate from college – around 50% of each new class! This year, UNCG launched the First Generation Commencement Stole Project to help those students display their pride at Commencement. As … Continued

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  • UNCG faculty use AI responsibly

    UNCG faculty use AI responsibly

    Today, artificial intelligence (AI) software can generate essays and digital art. It also can be used in serious academic research. Many faculty argue that AI technology is here to stay and can be used responsibly.   Dr. Chunjiang Zhu teaches artificial intelligence at UNCG and his research has been supported by … Continued

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  • Spartan rises nationally in USA Volleyball

    Spartan rises nationally in USA Volleyball

    When USA Volleyball competed in this year’s Summer Olympics, Jenny Johnson ’95, cheered on all of her teams: USA men’s and women’s indoor; men’s and women’s beach; and men’s and women’s sitting volleyball – the Paralympics program.  As the director of education services for the organization, she supports the journeys … Continued

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  • Singer and educator Carolyn Black ’68 honored

    Singer and educator Carolyn Black ’68 honored

    Carolyn Rebecca Black ’68 turned her degree in music education from UNCG into a distinguished career. She earned a master’s degree from Teacher’s College at Columbia University and taught music at Mount Vernon Middle School and then Ossining High School in New York. She also started an after-school music program … Continued

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  • Cathy Knowles ’98 visits United Nations

    Cathy Knowles ’98 visits United Nations

    Cathy Knowles ’98 is a purpose-focused philanthropic executive. She’s also a master’s student in UNCG’s Department of Peace and Conflict Studies program who brings a global perspective to her educational journey. Her most recent stop? The United Nations.   Last spring, Knowles attended the 68th Session of the Commission on the … Continued

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  • All are invited to 2024 UNCG Alumni Awards celebration

    All are invited to 2024 UNCG Alumni Awards celebration

    At UNCG Homecoming, the University will present the 2024 Alumni Awards to nine outstanding individuals. The awards celebration on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at 7 p.m. in UNCG’s EUC Auditorium is free and open to public. The award recipients: MCIVER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ALICE JOYNER IRBY ’54 provided opportunity for … Continued

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  • For  Minerva Lithium, research is good business

    For Minerva Lithium, research is good business

    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

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  • UNCG’s Avorgbedor studies pregnancy and heart health

    UNCG’s Avorgbedor studies pregnancy and heart health

    Dr. Forgive Avorgbedor knows that keeping families healthy extends well beyond preventing childhood obesity. The UNCG Nursing professor has joined forces with Dr. Esther Leerkes and Dr. Laura Wideman to use UNCG’s iGrow data to better understand how structural racism influences the health of childbearing parents, particularly during and after … Continued

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