Alumna Stephanie Wilkerson

Kinesiology Alumna Named N.C. Athletic Director of the Year

“My job is to support our student-athletes and our coaches,” said Stephanie Wilkerson, athletic director at Olympic High School in Charlotte. “I won’t get it right every time. I’m still learning. I don’t think I’ll ever feel that I’ve ‘arrived.’”

Michael Thull, Director of GCSTOP

GCSTOP Director Discusses New Overdose Concern

Michael Thull, who has seen an increase in xylazine in Greensboro, said the usage of the drug restricts the blood vessels and circulation, which causes wounds that can takes months to heal.

Dr. Maryanne Perrin in the UNCG milk lab

Dr. Perrin Sees Hope with Lab-Grown Milk

Dr. Maryanne Perrin was recently interviewed for CNBC’s story “Lab-grown breast milk startup Biomilq aims to change infant nutrition — if it can release a product”. Scientists have recreated the sugar and protein found in human breast milk, which could positively change how infants are fed. “The technology has the… Continue reading…

Nigel “Shabazz” Moffitt-Shabazz

GCSTOP Director Thull discusses need of program in Triad

Guilford County Solution to the Opioid Problem, or GCSTOP, is a partnership between Guilford County Emergency Services and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro that provides education and outreach about the opioid epidemic.

Laurie Kennedy-Malone, Lisa Walker, Jocelyn Marencik

Office of Research Assistant Dean Receives UNCG Award

UNC Greensboro is excited to announce this year’s winners of the 2023 Gladys Strawn Bullard Award. The Bullard Award is given in recognition of those students, faculty, and staff members who have shown commendable initiative and perseverance in their leadership and/or service roles at the University.

Jocelyn Smith

Professor Smith Lee weighs in on recent mass shootings

“A quarter of Americans actually changed their life because of mass shootings,” Dr. Lee said. “They don’t go to malls anymore; They don’t go on trips. This fear has fundamentally changed a lot of people’s lives.”