Featured Stories & News
Featured Stories
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Keynote Speaker Meredith Powers Presents at United Nations Annual Social Work Day
Dr. Meredith Powers, Assistant Professor in Social Work, was recently invited to New York as a keynote speaker at the United Nations on Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change, and Social Work as part of the 35th Annual Social Work Day.
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Lawther Lecture Spring 2018 – Steve Silverman
“Using Research to Understand School Physical Education” Dr. Silverman’s lecture will honor the memory of Dr. Cathy Ennis, Kinesiology faculty from 2008 -2017.
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The Long Game: Tom Martinek
As a young education professor in the 1970s and 1980s, Dr. Tom Martinek was interested in the impact of teacher expectations on students — the Pygmalion effect. He was preparing future PE teachers and working to understand how things like “learned helplessness” might affect students.
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Teaching Black Men How to Talk to Their Sons About Sex
Naomi Prioleau of WUNC reports on UNCG professor Tanya Coakley’s research on how black men talk to their sons about sexual health.
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Hitting His Stride – Jason Moody
It started with a rolled ankle during a daily run. That’s when undergraduate Jason Moody first thought about the body’s biomechanics. How did his ankle turn, and what did it mean? That question ultimately led him to the Department of Kinesiology.
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Dr. Laurie Wideman Awarded the First Safrit-Ennis Distinguished Professorship
The Department of Kinesiology has so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, but we would like to humbly extend our gratitude to Dr. JoAnne Safrit. On November 13, Dr. Safrit made a $1 million contribution to the Department of Kinesiology by establishing the Safrit-Ennis Distinguished Professorship in Kinesiology.
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Celebrate the Trail to Recovery
Celebrate the Trail to Recovery, developed and organized by Professor Justin Harmon, of the Department of Community Therapeutic Recreation, is a program that offers cancer survivors a chance to go hiking on the many trails in the Greensboro region.
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Mika and Kayo Robinson, BS in HDFS ’17 and ’15
“I am a first-generation college student who comes from a hard working family that is rich in love but has faced many financial setbacks and challenges.” These sisters share a compelling story of growing up in a transnational, multi-lingual family that is Japanese and African-American.
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Artmail for Alzheimer’s
ARTmail is an 8-week-long art exchange program designed and delivered by the Creative Aging Network NC. It includes two exchanges of artwork, created by people from two different Memory Care centers. Each participant builds upon the artwork that their partner sends to them.
News
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UNCG ESTABLISHES NEW GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND FACULTY FELLOW
https://news.uncg.edu/uncg-establishes-new-general-education-curriculum-and-faculty-fellow/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=UNCG%20establishes%20new%20general%20education%20curriculum%20and%20faculty%20fellow&utm_campaign=CW_2021-01-07
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UNC Greensboro’s Faculty Diversity Jumped in Five Years. How Did It Do It?
https://diverseeducation.com/article/199731/
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How targeting the ATF4 gene could help us fight alcoholic liver disease
How targeting the ATF4 gene could help us fight alcoholic liver disease
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Professor Mathieu Despard featured on WalletHub
What is the biggest mistake that people make when donating to charity? Not doing enough background research about the organization. It is important that donors understand and believe in the organization’s mission, vision, and values, and believe that the organization’s current work – its programs, services, and activities – will…
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Best of luck to our three HHS graduate students competing in UNCG’s annual 3-Minute Thesis Competition
HHS graduate students competing in UNCG’s annual 3-Minute Thesis Competition: Olivia Cook, Human Development and Family Studies Elvis Foli, Kinesiology Mackenzie Pierson, Kinesiology Show your support and vote HHS by Nov. 19! https://grs.uncg.edu/enrolled/3mt/virtual-3mt/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Read%20More&utm_campaign=Top5_2020-11-13
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Improving Care For The Elderly
Even as a child, she would go out of her way to spend time with older relatives and neighbors. So when Melissa and her daughters took a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training program to work in a nursing home, she was shocked to see disparities and neglect among the residents.…
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After a breast cancer diagnosis, many Black women face barriers that delay their care
After a breast cancer diagnosis, many Black women face barriers that delay their care
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How to Maintain Healthy Relationships during Election Season
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Advising Black Male Students in 2020 and Beyond
This article was originally posted on August 24, 2020. HHS Student Success Navigator, Life Coach, and Instructor Bill Johnson is a co-author. As the Fall 2020 semester begins, a call to serve incoming Black male students is warranted. Advisors and administrators can work together to improve the overall experience for…
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Students: Need extra help? Tutoring, workshops, extra instruction?
Visit the Academic Achievement Center! The Academic Achievement Center offers workshops, tutoring, and supplemental instruction free as part of your tuition.
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PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT:
THE LATEST ON COVID-19https://news.uncg.edu/public-health-expert-covid-19-latest/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Q%26A%20with%20Dr.%20Toller%20Erasquin&utm_campaign=CW_2020-08-12
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Is mask mandate slowing the spread?
“It’s high compliance, plus social distancing and hand-washing. And the quarantining of oneself if you are testing positive. It’s a combination,” said Sharon Morrison, MSPH, MHSE, Ph.D., a professor in the department of public health education at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Read the complete article in the High Point Enterprise.
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A Sweaty Stair Workout That Takes Just 20 Minutes
“Going up steps is definitely more stressful on the body,” certified exercise physiologist DeAnne Davis Brooks, Ed.D, C.S.C.S., an associate professor in the department of kinesiology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro and USATF Level 1-track coach, tells SELF. “It’s higher intensity than walking on level ground.” Read the complete interview…
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Professor Irby Coard discusses race and ethnicity on Triad Today
To see more of her work, visit caminoslab.org/onetalk.
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TRIAD TODAY CHATS WITH UNCG PROFESSOR, DR. PAM BROWN, ABOUT KINESIOLOGY