Two CAS teams receive P2 Community Engagement grants! The Arts & Technology Venture team includes Dr. Jennida Chase (Lead PI) and Hassan Pitts, both from Media Studies. The Racial Reconciliation and Design Studio team includes Dr. Asha Kutty (Lead PI) from Interior Architecture and Dr. Regis Kopper from Computer Science. Learn more>>
Dr. Joanne Murphy (Classical Studies) received 2023 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award from the Archaeological Institute of America. Read the story >>
Dr. Nicholas Oberlies and Dr. Nadja Cech (Chemistry & Biochemistry) received $391,991 (continuing award) for "Natural Product-Drug Interaction Research: The Roadmap to Best Practices." Sponsor: Washington State University.
Dr. Jerry Walsh (Chemistry) and Dr. Lynn Sametz have received a new award from the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center to support Science Everywhere @UNCG in 2023.
Dr. Blair Wisco and Cameron Pugach (Psychology) received $37,295 (continuing award) for "The Interplay Between Negative Emotion Differentiation and Emotion Regulation Problems in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder." Sponsor: NIH.
Dr. Clifford Smyth (Mathematics & Statistics) received $42,000 (new continuing award) for "Determinantal Identities and the Rational Non-Negativity Problem." Sponsor: Simons Foundation.
Dr. Asa Eger (History) received UNCG's 2022 Thomas Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. Read the story >>
Dr. Hunter Bacot (Political Science) received an external award to establish a Graduate Research Assistantship at the Randolph County Economic Development Corporation.
Dr. Ramji Bhandari (Biology) received a continuing award as part of a nearly $1.5 M proposal, “Germline transmission of epigenetic alterations to offspring.” Sponsor: NIH.
Dr. Amanda Gale (Interior Architecture) received a grant from the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) for “Multi-Sensory Environments as a Catalyst for Student Resiliency within Higher Education.”
Dr. Jasmine DeJesus (Psychology) received a continuation award as part of NIH-funded project led by the University of Michigan: “The Development of Eating Behavior in Infancy: Associations with Behavior, Diet, and Growth to Age 6 years.”
Dr. Nadja Cech (Chemistry) received $210,000 in NIH funding for her continued work on “The Center for High Content Functional Annotation of Natural Products,” a project led by the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC).
Dr. Julia Mendez (Psychology) received continuation funding for the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families.