UNC Research Stories, Issue 1

UNC Research Stories, Issue 1   Creating symbiosis between humans and AI. Your child’s brain on plastics. Poems as gateways to other worlds. These projects and more are highlighted in the first annual print edition of UNC Research Stories. Grab a copy today on campus or . Stories in this Edition  

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September 25th, 2024
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UNC Research Stories, Issue 1

UNC Research Stories 2024 to 2025 cover. Click to view a flipbook version of the print magazine.

 

Creating symbiosis between humans and AI. Your child’s brain on plastics. Poems as gateways to other worlds. These projects and more are highlighted in the first annual print edition of UNC Research Stories. Grab a copy today on campus or check it out digitally.

Stories in this Edition

 

Research Roadmap logo on carolina blue background.

UNC Research Roadmap

September 26, 2024
The Research Roadmap is a bold, actionable plan that will drive even greater research impact...
Jasmine King

RUNC: Jasmine King

April 10, 2024
Jasmine King reprograms cells to treat brain cancer...
Portrait of Nick Eakes in the Morehead Planetarium dome.

Rooted: Nick Eakes

December 5, 2023
Nick Eakes has been contributing to research at Carolina for 15 years...
Gaby Calvocoressi

Poetic Portals

November 28, 2023
For Gabrielle Calvocoressi, poems are gateways to other worlds to explore emotions, identity, and the...
A man carries a drone out of a marsh.

Mapping Marsh Futures

August 22, 2024
Researchers from the Carolina Drone Lab use aerial imagery to assess marsh health in the...
Clockwise from top-left: Edwin Kim, William Miller and Vivian Go, Shawn Kneipp, Laura Jacox and Sugar, and Andrew Satterlee, Shawn Hingtgen and David Kram

Let’s Get Clinical

May 20, 2024
Researchers across Carolina manage clinical trials to get novel treatments and interventions into the hands...
Heesoo Jang

Just the Facts

May 24, 2024
After helping create a fact-checking service in South Korea, Heesoo Jang continues to improve trust...
Suzi Analogue

Good Vibrations

January 23, 2024
The Beat Lab provides a welcoming space for students and community members to experiment with...
Photo of Cynthia Bulik and Patrick Sullivan.

First came love, then came science

February 13, 2024
Cynthia Bulik and Patrick Sullivan have created a life full of adventure and research spanning...
Plastic toys in various colors are arranged to form the shape of a child's head and shoulders, while gray toy building bricks are used to depict the child's brain.

Everywhere Chemical Exposure

March 25, 2024
Stephanie Engel uses scans of children’s brains to study the developmental effects of chemicals widely...
Abel Abraham uses a dropper to create a water droplet

Drop by Drop

May 10, 2024
Abel Abraham shares his journey from being a first-year student during the pandemic to becoming...
Kathryn Desplanque pulls a book from a shelf at Davis Library

Beyond the Stacks

April 9, 2024
Carolina’s libraries are vital for research, fueling projects across the university from art history to...
Mohammad Jarrahi looks at a mirror-image of himself made of numbers

An Unexpected Colleague

February 23, 2024
Mohammad Jarrahi wants to create symbiosis between humans and AI to improve workplace processes...
Students gather field date for their capstone project at the Outer Banks field site

All the Light We Cannot See

January 18, 2024
Undergraduates at the UNC Outer Banks Field Site study how artificial light at night affects...
Patricia Gensel

Adventures in Ancient Plants

June 18, 2024
Patricia Gensel has spent her career studying 400-million-year-old plants at Carolina and across the globe...
Michelle King

A Wok Through Time

July 18, 2024
Michelle King unpacks the life of Chinese culinary icon Fu Pei-Mei in her recently released...