UNCG makes list of top performers in sustainability
UNC Greensboro’s efforts towards making a sustainable campus has earned it a spot on the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s list of top performers.
nursing building earns USGBC leed gold
The Nursing and Instructional Building is the 20th building on campus to earn the distinction.
POPULAR CONSERVATION METHOD DAMAGES ECOSYSTEM
For over a century, fisheries and natural resource managers have bred native fish in captivity and then released them, en masse, into the wild. Unfortunately, the 150-year-old practice may be doing more harm than good.
Spartans share sustainability tips for earth day
UNCG has a wide array of student organizations that contribute to sustainability on campus. In honor of Earth Day, members from these organizations shared their sustainability tips.
UNCG Green Fund Projects in Bloom
A pollinator garden in Peabody Park. LED bulbs for resident halls. Supplies to support recovering and donating leftovers from Fountain View Dining.
cape fear watershed project makes a splash
UNC Greensboro is the nexus for a recently funded National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant that focuses on the Cape Fear Watershed.
the buzz about bee probiotics
A student-turned-advocate investigates a popular but problematic beekeeping product.
sight sound & Touch at industries of the blind
UNCG’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) collaborated with Industries of the Blind (IOB) on the installation of a public art piece which tells the stories of the blind and low-visioned using sight, sound, and touch.
UNCG earns arbor day foundation recognition
UNC Greensboro has been honored with a “Tree Campus Higher Education” recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for the twelfth year in a row for its commitment to effective urban forest management.
lighting sustainability at Weatherspoon Art Museum
The Weatherspoon Art Museum renovated the lighting system in one of the museum’s galleries thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, as part of the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative.
charged up for EV Equity
At UNC Greensboro, a researcher who studies transportation is focused on not only if EV charging stations are established across the United States but how and where, so that they are accessible for everyone.
diversity through sustainable building
University Communications recently spoke with Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Sameer Kapileshwari and Historically Underutilized Businesses Coordinator Nereida Sutton about the University’s success in supporting diversity and inclusion through its relationship with local contractors and businesses.
a different vision
The Industries of the Blind’s massive building takes up an entire city block on Gate City Boulevard but, with its nondescript brick exterior, few people noticed it there. That all changed, however, with last year’s installation of six larger-than-life paintings scrolled out across the building’s facade.
UNCG named top green college
UNC Greensboro is one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review.
new degrees in geography, environment, sustainability
UNC Greensboro’s Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability (GES) is putting itself on the map with two new undergraduate degree programs that will be available starting fall 2020: a bachelor of science in geography and a bachelor of arts in environment and sustainability.
dr. Aaron Allen fuses music, environment, culture
Dr. Aaron Allen, director of the Environment and Sustainability Program and associate professor of musicology at UNC Greensboro, recently received the 2018 Ellen Koskoff Edited Volume Prize from the Society for Ethnomusicology for the book “Current Directions in Ecomusicology: Music, Culture, and Nature.”
UNCG wetlands: a living laboratory
In two separate, quiet corners of UNCG’s Peabody Park there lies exquisitely fertile terrain – for wildlife, for native plants, and for research. The work that takes place there spans from water quality to mammal diversity to STEM education to recreational therapy.