Photoactive Drugs As Anticancer Agents

Repost from UNCG Now. UNC Greensboro undergraduate Evan Bradner’s interest in medicine began at a young age, during an exceptionally difficult time. As his mother fought cancer, he witnessed the ravages of not only the disease, but of the chemotherapy used to treat it. He often accompanied his mother to… Continue reading…

Civil War monuments: Should they stay or should they go?

Minerva Magazine offers a sample of projects by sophomore, emerging researchers in the Residential Colleges. Articles are written by students in the Capstone Courses of the Ashby and Strong Residential Colleges. Below is a repost from Minerva Magazine 2018. Picture this: it’s the late 1800s, the Civil War has recently… Continue reading…

Crisis in Myanmar

Jordan Richmond graduated in May 2018 with a degree in political science and international and global studies, with minors in Chinese and women’s and gender studies. She completed her project, “Crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh: Sociocultural Underpinnings and Political Barriers to the 2016-2018 Rohingya Ethnic Cleansing Crisis,” during her senior year,… Continue reading…

A Common Language

Martha Reyes can’t help but feel a special connection to students whose first language isn’t English.

Hitting His Stride

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?

Fighting back against MRSA

Manead Khin is a junior chemistry major conducting research under the direction of Dr. Nadja Cech, a professor in the Department of Chemistry. Khin’s project is titled “Identification of Antimicrobial Compounds from Macleaya cordata.” Describe your project. “My project mainly focuses on extracting bioactive compounds from Macleaya cordata, a plant… Continue reading…

Participatory Budgeting

Jessica Clifford and Margaret Bozovich partnered on their project “Participatory Budgeting: Research and Evaluation Report 2016.” Clifford is a senior undergraduate majoring in communication studies. Bozovich was a senior in communication studies at the time of the project and is now a graduate student in the same department. Their project… Continue reading…

Kinship care in African American families

Christian Nsonwu is a senior, double majoring in political science and social work. He is currently examining kinship care among African American families under the direction of Dr. Tyreasa Washington, an associate professor in the Department of Social Work. Describe your project. “I’m working with Dr. Washington, looking at kinship… Continue reading…