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When Fred Sanger figured out how to sequence DNA in 1975, the world changed — and so did UNC. As more and more scientists...
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People with cerebral palsy (CP) are now living longer than they ever have before. But a longer life with CP can include more complex...
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While car manufacturers and tech companies around the world work to make autonomous vehicles a reality, two UNC researchers are raising some important questions...
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The UNC Division of Infectious Diseases launches three simultaneous studies to help prevent HIV within the most susceptible...
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Why do some neighborhoods lack access to municipal services? And how does this affect families? UNC public health researchers delve into this topic by...
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In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting Elizabeth L. Kemble, founding dean of the UNC School of Nursing. After becoming dean in 1950,...
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In North Carolina, roughly 32 people die unexpectedly every day, their loved ones devastated not only by loss but the inability to say goodbye....
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Anonymous online chat therapy groups for people with bulimia nervosa prove just as effective as face-to-face meetings — a treatment form that could save...
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Oliver Smithies, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s first full-time faculty member to win a Nobel Prize and a world-renowned giant in...
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A new technique uses stem cells to deliver anti-cancer drugs to aggressive brain tumors that are, otherwise, often inaccessible. This potentially life-saving treatment was...
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A new program funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation strives to create better work-life balance for UNC physician scientists who have extreme caregiving...
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Hendrée Jones, director of UNC Horizons, works tirelessly every day to help mothers and children struggling with substance use disorders. In the past five...
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Online forums provide an outlet for drug users — and a source of information for UNC researchers like John D. Martin, III,...
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On a dry, warm afternoon in early August, it’s business as usual in the heart of the Santa Maria Valley. One of the most...
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UNC began treating blood disorders in 1947 — setting the stage for major breakthroughs in hemophilia and
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Ever since the Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina has proudly proclaimed to be “first in flight." Less well-known is Carolina’s connection...
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From the basalt lava fields of Hawaii to the vast white expanse of Antarctica, UNC alumna Zena Cardman has ventured to some of Earth’s...
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Central North Carolina is home to a vast array of historic landscapes that weave in and out of our day-to-day paths. On Saturday, April...
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Using state-of-the-art instrumentation and lab analyses, UNC researchers gather information on Jordan...
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As director of Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute, Mario Ruiz has monitored some of the most active (and potentially destructive) volcanoes in South America. After earning...
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In the months following one of the most destructive hurricanes of the past decade, UNC researchers had to act fast. Using a unique grant...
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North Carolina’s barrier islands are dynamic landforms in a state of constant change. UNC researchers want to better understand how those changes happen and...
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How does a beach recover after a hurricane? What are the outcomes of natural processes versus man-made interventions? These are some of the questions...
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For over a decade, UNC scientists have committed to sustaining and protecting the unique species and ecosystems in the Galápagos Islands. In honor of...
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Marine scientists at UNC are taking a new approach to figuring out why and how microalgae blooms occur in the Neuse River...
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UNC College of Arts & Sciences seismologist Berk Biryol takes a crack at understanding how the earth is moving under the Southeastern United...
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The North Carolina Botanical Garden’s Katie Stoudemire brings the outdoors inside, making nature safe for children with compromised...
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From rivers in the backcountry of Alaska, down the Sierra mountains, up into space, and through commercial waterways in North Carolina — UNC researchers...
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Ever since he was a kid, Martín Benavides has viewed sharks a little differently than most...
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Water experts within the UNC Sustainability Office and Institute for the Environment strive to make local and statewide water systems healthier, safer, and more...
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To help restore the monarch butterfly population, the North Carolina Botanical Garden has joined a nationwide effort to grow...
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A UNC geophysicist is sending his research as high as he can—125,000 feet and...
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What do you get when you combine new science with decades of knowledge from local fishermen? A lot of homegrown North Carolina oysters. A...
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Deborah Dexter, the first person to earn a PhD at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, reflects on a lifetime of travel, teaching, and...
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The UNC community applauds doctoral candidate Ted Mansfield, who won a Best Paper Award from the Society for Risk Analysis in December for his...
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The North Carolina Botanical Garden collects seeds to ecologically restore native plant species after natural disasters...
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To better understand the severity of this year’s El Niño, UNC oceanographers traveled to one of the hardest hit places — the Galápagos...
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Theorists, experimentalists, and computational scientists will come together to answer grand challenge physics questions at UNC-Chapel Hill’s new CoSMS...
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The NC TraCS Institute and a Translational Team Science Award help collaborators uncover what could be the cause of painful chronic ear infections that...
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Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, the only lab of its kind in the Southeast, powers a collaboration among UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State, and Duke for...
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Most young scientists don't get the opportunity to do field work until college. The UNC Environmental Resources summer program is working to change...
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As summer approaches, Maggie Kovach is finding ways for North Carolinians to avoid getting sick from the...
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A team of researchers uses cutting-edge technology to better predict when and how one of South America’s most active volcanoes will...
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When it comes to fighting disease, bacteria do it...
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Undergraduate researchers study whether harvesting oysters helps or hurts coastal...
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Marine science researchers at UNC have found that estuaries generate natural defenses against the effects of global warming—until a hurricane...
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Anna Atencio wasn’t planning to come to Carolina—until she learned about the Chancellor’s Science Scholars...
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Microbes bring agricultural biotechnology to the...
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Where N.C. rivers meet the sea, oysters can protect the land, fish, and human...
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A flammable component in many of our electronics could soon be a thing of the past. ...
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In the shade of the longleaf pine, some N.C. plants find relief from global...
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The major political events of the 1960s set the stage for the founding of the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, which forever...
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Smarter. Healthier. Better prepared for the world. Those are just a few of the benefits early childhood education can have over the course of...
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The experimental environment at WXDU provides an artistic haven for Duke University students and Durham locals alike — a sentiment that UNC archivist and...
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The revitalization of Old East Durham has resulted in a dramatic increase in property values over the last 10 years. What does this growth...
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When Ebola strikes, what is the proper response? What measures should be taken to protect communities in a time of crisis? Should a neighborhood...
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From the UNC School of Medicine to the College of Arts & Sciences, students and professors are abuzz at the HHIVE — Carolina’s new...
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From summertime strolling to political marching, the act of walking has greatly influenced social practices for hundreds of years. UNC historian Chad Bryant discusses...
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How did the fastest-growing religious movement in Latin America transform local culture in a Catholic country? UNC anthropologist Brendan Thornton...
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In 1971, as civil rights battles raged across the South, 10 young men and women fought for fair treatment within Wilmington, North Carolina’s newly...
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We can’t know how a transformative experience — like walking on the moon — will change us until we make that first small step....
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This pioneering survey from the UNC Carolina Population Center has identified the "nutrition transition" in China now seen throughout industrialized...
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At what age do children recognize complex emotions? UNC College of Arts & Sciences researchers Kristen Lindquist and Misha Becker explore this...
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UNC anthropologist Silvia Tomášková studies South African rock engravings to unearth the creative process of some of the country’s...
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As schools move further and further away from cities, the cost of busing continues to skyrocket — but one UNC city and regional planner...
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Experts at the UNC School of Government have developed tools to help determine the long-term consequences of a criminal...
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A Robeson County tortilla manufacturer is ready to increase his production from 25,000 pounds of tortillas a week to 120,000 pounds. UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA...
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UNC undergraduate Patrick Seelinger and professor Steven King are developing a facial recognition app that will provide information on people just by looking at...
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Gaming giant Valve acquires Impulsonic — a UNC-created 3-D sound simulation software company started by two PhD students and faculty within the Department of...
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We use statistics to analyze almost every aspect of sports on the court, but UNC’s Jonathan Jensen employs statistical analysis to predict what will...
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In the last decade, the world has been hit by a tsunami of data — and the Renaissance Computing Institute is determined to help...
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How an unexpected discovery transformed the world and made Morehead, Venable, and Kenan household names at UNC-Chapel...
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UNC’s computer science department laid the groundwork for 3-D computer-generated graphics and continues to push the boundaries of virtual environments...
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A meld of finance and neuroscience helps UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School professor Camelia Kuhnen better understand the underpinnings of growing wealth...
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How one UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School professor pushes students and corporations to be more socially...
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UNC Kenan-Flagler Professor Deborah Stroman connects students and professionals to better the business of...
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UNC communications professor Michael Waltman explains why hate speech is prominent in 2016...
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The UNC LGBTQ Representation and Rights Initiative has published the first worldwide comprehensive report on transgender people serving in elected...
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The boom in augmented reality technology could provide easy, 3-D access to friends and family across the...
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The Renaissance Computing Institute’s social computing rooms aid researchers and...
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The UNC Highway Research Safety Center pushes parents to be a driving...
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Discussions of sixteenths, scales, and solos rang through the rooms of Kenan Music Hall during the 2017 UNC Summer Jazz Workshop,
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Belgium’s control of the Congo in the early 20th century had a profound impact on native artists. Carlee Forbes, a UNC art history...
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At the intersection of art and science, music professor Lee Weisert creates sound installations that allow audiences to experience the natural world in a...
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Using 360 video, journalism professor Steven King creates immersive, technology driven experiences for audiences...
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How a book inspired two UNC professors to discuss belonging and home in African diaspora...
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UNC communications professor Michael Waltman explains why hate speech is prominent in 2016...
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A journalism PhD student helps market a new kind of sex...
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UNC students and faculty help community newspapers in North Carolina and across the country transform their product for the digital...
