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UNCG awarded $2 million to grow bioindustrial manufacturing workforce across North Carolina UNCG has received a $2 million award to launch NC BioMISSION, a bioindustrial workforce training and research program in North Carolina.

In the news🗞️--> North Carolina’s esports ecosystem is growing fast—and we’re proud to be part of it.

One example highlighted here is the UNCG Scholastic Esports Alliance, the first university-led, curriculum-focused statewide high school esports league in the country. It’s one way we’re connecting education, competition, and career pathways for the next generation.

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North Carolina Is Turning Its Sports Fan Economy Into a National Esports Powerhouse - The Game of Nerds North Carolina has engineered one of the most direct financial pipelines from fan spending to competitive gaming infrastructure of any state in the country, and the results are becoming visible in 2026.

Happy national ! We're excited to celebrate education and inclusion for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities and our UNCG Integrative Community Studies program today, with proclamations from the mayors of High Point and Greensboro!

IPSE Day celebrates education and inclusion for students with IDD UNCG joins the nation in celebrating IPSE Day on May 1, celebrating our students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

In the news:🗞️ Professor Sudha Shreeniwas discusses "social prescribing" and "arts on prescription" with WFAE. 🎨😷🖌️

Initially developed in the U.K., social prescribing is changing how we think about care by linking patients to community-based activities to address stress, loneliness and overall well-being. https://www.wfae.org/show/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins/2026-04-22/art-as-medicine-social-prescribing-takes-patients-from-clinics-to-connection

UNCG School of Health and Human Sciences UNCG Department of Human Development and Family Studies UNC Greensboro

Art as medicine: Social prescribing takes patients from clinics to connection Social prescribing is changing how health care is traditionally thought of by linking patients to community-based activities to address stress, loneliness and overall well-being. Through partnerships at hospitals and museums, Charlotte is beginning to explore how creative expression can support ment...

UNCG celebrated undergraduate researchers and their mentors at the Thomas Undergraduate Research and Creativity Expo on April 7. 🔬 🖌️ 🧫 🎨 🎓

At this annual event, students share the results of their hard work while competing for prizes across seven categories. The expo highlights the incredible talent, innovation, and collaboration happening every day on campus.

👏 Congratulations to all of this year’s participants and winners!

See the list of winners at https://www.uncg.edu/news/uncg-celebrates-undergraduate-researchers-and-their-mentors

UNCG Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creativity Office - URSCO

UNCG Celebrates Undergraduate Researchers and Their Mentors UNCG announces the winners of the 2026 Thomas Undergraduate Research and Creativity Expo and the recipients of the Thomas Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards.

How Does Your Garden Grow? The Buzz about the UNCG Bee Campus After graduating, Dr. Kaira Wagoner ’11, ’15, PhD., stayed on at UNCG and is now director of the Plant & Pollinator Center. She's a leader in honeybee protection across Greensboro, spreading her knowledge through the Bee Campus and through local classrooms and parks.

How does history shape the war in Ukraine and how does the war shape history? Come to this event next Tuesday to find out!

UNCG College of Arts & Sciences

Did you know your nightmares can be *rewritten*? 🌙

UNCG's Dr. Scott Young recently published on an intervention to help clients reduce the frequency and severity of bad dreams — including those related to trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder.

💭 Read more https://www.uncg.edu/news/rewriting-nightmares-bringing-evidence-based-dreamwork-to-counseling/

UNCG School of Education UNCG Department of Counseling and Educational Development

Rewriting nightmares: Bringing evidence-based dreamwork to counseling UNCG's Dr. Scott Young publishes a research-supported intervention to help clients reduce the frequency and severity of nightmares — including those related to trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder.