Featured Stories & News
Featured Stories
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HHS Remembers Trailblazer Jo Safrit
Margaret JoAnne “Jo” Safrit was known for her intelligence, loyalty, and kindness. She was also known for her longtime love of UNCG. Safrit was a pioneer and an expert in the profession, writing two books on quantitative measurement that have been used for decades.
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Nutrition Department Research Yields Clues in COVID Severity
The baffling discrepancies in severity of COVID-19 infections just caught a break thanks to two UNCG researcher-led studies published this winter. Though separate in scope and methods, each came to a conclusion that supports the other’s work: the level of dietary selenium intake is directly related to immune response to COVID.
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HDFS Program Inspired Perry to Become a Child Developmental Scientist
“The greatest job to me is to be able to be curious about something and to pursue it,” says Dr. Nicole Perry ’13, ’16. That curiosity is what led her to research children’s emotional control. It’s what attracted her to the work that UNC Greensboro’s research professors were doing in Human Development and Family Studies…
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Believe in the G 2023!
The School of Health & Human Sciences offers unique learning experiences to a diverse group of students. You can lend a helping hand by supporting HHS with a gift of any size, posting on social media, competing in the challenges, getting friends involved, and wearing blue and gold. #BelieveInTheG.
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Social Work Student Passes Along Life Lessons to Help Peers
Rajendra Roopchan says finding someone to talk to is more important to a college student than finding someone who has all the answers. “Having a person or a community to suggest, ‘You can do this’ or ‘These are your options’ is a phenomenal resource to have.”
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Gerontology Hallway Exemplifies Creativity in Older Adults
The hallway on the second floor of the Ferguson Building is no longer a drab entrance with old posters. Assistant Professor Dr. Elise Eifert created a new way to draw attention to how engaged senior citizens can be while adding color to the building.
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CTR Alum Returns to Greensboro to Make an Impact
“Greensboro feels like home,” says alumnus Phil Fleischmann ’05 MS, who recently returned to Greensboro in his new role as the City of Greensboro Parks and Recreation Director. “I’ve spent most of my adult life here, and I value the diversity of our city and the variety of available opportunities.”
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Celebrate the Trail to Recovery Commemorates 500th Hike
“The hiking program continues to be a welcome part of my social life. This is just a wonderful group of supportive friends,” says Nancy Ryckman ‘82 MEd, active member of UNC Greensboro’s hiking group Celebrate the Trail to Recovery (CTR).
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HDFS Doctoral Student Disrupts the Narrative
“I have always had a heart for underserved people,” says Youselene Beauplan ’22. “I started volunteering with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County the summer after eighth grade, and I’ve been invested in working with youth ever since. It feels like this is what I’m supposed to be doing.”
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Dietetic Interns Take Over UNCG Dining Hall
“I have a genuine passion for helping people, and this career path will help me do that,” says Isa Ramos-Castillo, current UNC Greensboro dietetic intern and nutrition graduate student.
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UNCG Joins Efforts to Track COVID Impacts on Students
UNCG researchers and their collaborators have received approximately $500,000 to study the impacts of COVID on student learning. The funding is part of the NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) and North Carolina Collaboratory’s $6.73 million investment in 20 projects rooted at universities across North Carolina.
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CLASS OF 2022: MADDY GILHOOL LEADS BY EXAMPLE
Madison “Maddy” Gilhool thrives when she’s part of a team. Whether she’s on the soccer field or planning an event as a Community and Therapeutic Recreation (CTR) student, she’s inspired by connectivity and community.
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New Bench Aims to Spark Conversation, Inclusion
The Friendship Bench was created using 250 pounds of plastic bottle caps from students, staff, and faculty. The project was accomplished by alumna Claire Corrigan while she was earning a master’s degree in therapeutic recreation, along with her advisor, Dr. Stuart Schleien.
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A Longer Winter Awaits Ukrainians – Ali Askerov
Shortly after Russia’s military operation into Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, the Kremlin realized the miscalculations it made, which resulted in huge military losses. Still, Moscow managed to invade about 20% of Ukrainian lands mostly due to the power asymmetry.
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Peace and Conflict Studies Associate Professor Awarded Second Fulbright
For the second time in less than a decade, Peace and Conflict Studies (PCS) Associate Professor Dr. Jeremy Rinker received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award. Rinker, a professor at UNC Greensboro since 2015, plans to return to India, where he went in 2013 when he received his first Fulbright.
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Kinesiology Professor Shares Benefits of Sports on Kids
Activity like riding a bike “triggers hormonal releases, including endorphins that promote our brain health ― reducing stress and improving sleep ― and cognitive function, enhancing the ability to think,” Alan Chu, certified mental performance consultant and associate professor of applied sport psychology at the University of North Carolina at…
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Happy first week of Classes!
Welcome to UNCG and the School of Health and Human Sciences! We’re happy to have you here. Please find below a list of useful links to campus resources that you may need throughout the semester.
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Former Nutrition professor shares memories of Liberia
Former UNCG alumna and Department of Nutrition Professor Burgin Ross served in Liberia with the Peace Corps, and learned a lot while there.
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Communication Sciences & Disorders Alumna Debuts Movie on Understudied Brain Disorder
CSD alumna (’14) Dr. Jamilia Mijnga, Ph.D, CCC-SLP, knew that her debut documentary about the understudied communication disorder that can follow after right hemisphere brain damage, or RHD, was bound to stimulate everyone’s tear ducts.
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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.’”
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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.
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Social Work Alumna recognized as 2023 Outstanding Americans by Choice Recipient
Liana Adrong recently received the 2023 Outstanding Americans by Choice award from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for her work. One of nine children who came to the U.S. from Vietnam, she is passionate about her Montagnard-Ede heritage.
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Dr. Hunter Given Leader in Diversity Award
Human Development and Family Studies Professor Dr. Andrea Hunter is one of 15 people selected by the Triad Business Journal as a 2023 Leader in Diversity.
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Kinesiology Professor Receives Award from National Organization
Dr. Jaclyn Maher is the 2023 recipient of the Early Career Distinguished Scholar Award by the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.
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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……
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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.
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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.
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Nutrition Professor Becomes UNCG’s First RTI University Scholar
Congratulations to Dr. Jigna Dharod for becoming UNCG’s FIRST RTI University Scholar! Dr. Dharod will focus her research to better understand how food insecurity affects infant feeding practices.
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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.”
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Winners of the 2023 staff and faculty awards!