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UNCG leading major ADHD study; funded by $3 million NIH grant
UNCG is heading a research team from three universities that is undertaking the first-ever study on how attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects college students, both during and after their college years, through a five-year grant of approximately $3 million from the National Institutes of Health.
Called the TRAC Project, or Trajectories Related to ADHD in College, the study recognizes that as increasing numbers of young adults with ADHD attend college, there are few guidelines for clinically managing the condition on college campuses. With the aim of helping to develop practices for assessment and treatment that can be used on campuses, the five-year study will explore how ADHD impacts the educational, cognitive, psychological, social and vocational functioning of college students.
The three nationally recognized ADHD researchers are psychologists Dr. Arthur D. Anastopoulos of the UNCG Department of Psychology, serving as lead principal investigator; Dr. George J. DuPaul of the Lehigh University Department of Education and Human Services; and Dr. Lisa L. Weyandt of the University of Rhode Island Department of Psychology.
“This study will advance our understanding of ADHD in young adults by ascertaining the degree to which college students with ADHD experience difficulties across a broad range of outcomes relative to their non-ADHD counterparts,” said Anastopoulos. “It will also give us a better understanding of how the trajectory of functioning may differ between these groups over a four-year period and what factors may predict these trajectories.”
The study will be the first to systematically assess the educational, cognitive, social, psychological and vocational functioning of college students with ADHD, relative to a sample of peers without ADHD. It will also be the first of its kind to shed much needed light on how ADHD and its associated impairments unfold across the college years. Full Story »
- Nursing grad featured in News and Record
- UNCG professor awarded NEH Fellowship for study at Newberry Library
- WFMY reports on sophomore Nathan Baker’s inspiring story
- Go Triad interviews John Gamble for ‘Meet An Artist’ feature
- Interior architecture students design new exhibit for Greensboro Children’s Museum
- NSF-funded music exhibit in Danville through Sept. 3
- McElveen-Hunter to UNCG grads: We keep what we give away
- UNCG Beyond Academics graduation is May 1
- More than 2,500 will graduate at spring commencement May 4
- Bryan School names Boyd Rogers 2012 Distinguished Alumnus
- More than 2,500 will graduate at spring commencement May 4
- 33 inducted into Business Honor Society
- UNCG professors selected for fellowships in Princeton for 2012-13
- Phi Beta Kappa chapter inducts 38 new members
- JSNN building receives top award from state construction group
- UNCG faculty member receives NIH grant to study echinacea
- McElveen-Hunter to UNCG grads: We keep what we give away
- UNCG leading major ADHD study; funded by $3 million NIH grant
- Dean Brown will retire
- NSF-funded music exhibit in Danville through Sept. 3
- Deal will step down as dean
May 11, 2012 1:57 pm
Dean Brown will retire
Dr. Robert Brown
Dr. Robert Brown will retire at the end of July after serving 10 years as dean of UNCG’s Division of Continual Learning (DCL).
Provost David H. Perrin said, “I am grateful to Dean Brown for all he has done to raise the level, profile and quality of online courses and programs at UNCG during his distinguished period of leadership.”
Dr. Jim Eddy will serve as interim dean.
During Brown’s tenure as dean, UNCG has fostered a reputation for high-quality online programs and courses. ECON201, an economics course delivered as a video game, received Gold Award from the U.S Distance Learning Association. Platinum awards were awarded for Western Civilization 101 and 102; and a bronze award was presented for Political Science 105. An International E-Learning Association award was earned for Music 241.
There were no degree programs completely online when Brown’s tenure began. Now, there are 25 online degree and certificate programs: 12 online degree programs, 13 online certificate programs.
Currently, about 40,000 student credit hours each year are in online courses.
May 8, 2012 12:01 pm
NSF-funded music exhibit in Danville through Sept. 3
For the first time since the Wild Music Exhibit debuted five years ago, the national traveling exhibit has returned close to home.
The 4,000-square-foot exhibition, titled “Wild Music: Sound & Songs of Life,” is on display at the Danville Science Center, in Danville, Va., through Sept. 3. It was funded by a $2.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a BioMusic national exhibition for science centers nationwide. BioMusic is the study of musical sounds in and from nature. The “Wild Music” exhibition includes an opportunity to learn how sound works, explore how animals make sounds and offers visitors a chance to make their own soundscape. Full Story »
May 3, 2012 3:28 pm
Chancellor reflects on year – and looks to 2012-13
In an interview for UNCG’s Campus Weekly a week before commencement, Chancellor Linda P. Brady spoke about some highlights of the year: The opening of the UNCG Middle College. The growing number of learning and living & learning communities, including one devoted to sustainable entrepreneurship at the new Jefferson Suites. Success for athletics programs both on the field or court and in the classroom.
The chancellor also spoke about why she has shone a spotlight on UNCG’s people this year, and she looked to the coming academic year.
“Two of the important tasks in the coming year will be to implement the results of the academic program review and to identify areas of distinction for the university,” she said. “These efforts will feed into our next strategic plan and the next major fundraising campaign.”
