HHS Alumni Awards and Reception 2025 – 26
The UNCG School of Health and Human Sciences was pleased to host the 2025 Alumni Awards Reception and Ceremony on October 16, 2025 at the beautiful Weatherspoon Art Museum.
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UNCG Launches Fist Bump Challenge to Boost Campus Connections
We want everyone to feel like they belong here, which will help us all enjoy UNCG and be more connected.
Nutrition Professor’s Findings Could Impact Care for Infants Worldwide
Our study reveals current clinical protocols around donor human milk may require substantial revisions that vary based on the profile of a milk bank’s donors.
UNCG Student Sparks Fifth-Graders’ Interest in College and Recreational Therapy
UNCG undergraduate student Bethany Allen always loved working with children. The Community and Therapeutic Recreation major recently found a calling working with fifth-graders at Jones Elementary School in Greensboro for a project with her HHS Student Leadership Program class.
Kinesiology Professor Dr. Maher Explains Benefits of Exercise Throughout the Lifespan
People are living longer, and we want to make sure that those additional years of life are quality years. This also has ripple effects for society by reducing health care spending and lessening the burden on caregivers.
HHS Welcomes New Staff and Faculty
The School of Health and Human Sciences is excited to welcome so many new staff and faculty members this fall! Please find the listing below and make them feel welcome in their departments.
Speech and Hearing Center Now Accepts Aetna State Health Plan
For the first time since it opened in 1967, the UNCG Speech and Hearing Center is accepting health insurance to cover state employees. In June, the Speech and Hearing Center (SHC) began accepting Aetna for state employees.
Exercise Improves Kids’ Academic Performance
Physical education and physical activity are good for our rising generation. It’s good for mental health. It’s good for brain health and academic achievement.
Welcome to UNCG and the School of Health and Human Sciences!
Welcome to UNCG and the School of Health and Human Sciences! We’re glad you’re here
Summer Study Abroad Provides Eye-Opening ExPerience to Global Public Health
When 20-year-old A’myah Wilson traveled to the Dominican Republic in July as part of a UNCG study abroad trip, she knew it would open her eyes to public health in other nations. What she wasn’t expecting was for it to reshape her philosophy on patient treatment.