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Innovate UNCG Launches Impact through Innovation Community of Practice

UNCG’s new online platform gives students and faculty unique opportunities to engage with one another and gain practical skills.


UNC-Greensboro launches esports-focused makerspace in transformGSO

Esports are on the rise at colleges across the Triad, with many offering esports clubs or teams. At UNCG, students can even study esports in one of three courses of study. Read more in Triad Business Journal.

Research At Play

UNCG has joined the collegiate esports movement with a $2.4 million state-of-the-art facility. But gamers aren’t the only ones stepping into the arena.

Bee Business

Some people dream about being scientists. Others aspire to be business owners. To use her findings to do good, Dr. Kaira Wagoner has decided to be both. Learn how she and UNCG alum Phoebe Snyder have turned findings about bee behavior into a product that can benefit beekeepers. Read more in UNCG Research Magazine.

MINERVA LITHIUM WINS TECHCRUNCH STARTUP COMPETITION

Lithium has become an integral part of daily life. It’s used in the batteries for phones and electric vehicles. However, current methods of harvesting lithium are costly and leave their own negative impact on the environment. A UNC Greensboro spinoff, co-founded by an alumna and an associate professor, is solving those drawbacks.

License UNCG Discoveries

Innovate UNCG is seeking partners for development and commercial use of UNCG developed technologies

December 6, 2019

Metal ion extraction with nanoporous polyphenol-based coordination polymer frameworks

Hemali Rathnayake, Sheeba Dawood

December 3, 2019

Amphiphilic Hybrid Nanomaterials

Daniel Herr, Hemali Rathnayake, Kristen Dellinger

December 3, 2019

Semi-Synthetic Analogues of Epipolythiodioxopiperazine

Nicholas Oberlies, Chiraz S. Amrine, Huzefa Raja

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