A Crystal Ball for Chemistry
February 10, 2023
Jack Sundberg has created a software to help chemists uncover the best materials for their experiments — a potential game-changer for minimizing time and costs.
Alyssa LaFaro
- On any given day, Alyssa can be found photographing the effects of climate change, digging up long-lost information in the University Archives, or writing furiously in her Bynum Hall office. As the editor of Endeavors, she’s mastered the art of “wearing many hats.” When she’s not behind a camera or a computer, she’s meeting regularly with communicators, students, and faculty from across campus to learn about the latest research projects and unlock new opportunities for collaboration.
Posts by Alyssa LaFaro:
Hunting for Hemlocks
January 20, 2023
Ken Donny-Clark spent his last semester at UNC-Chapel Hill in the woods searching for a dwindling population of trees that local wildlife depends on: Carolina hemlocks.
All Creatures Great and Small
January 17, 2023
Rada Petric's love for nature has led her to study how human presence affects the behavior of small mammals like bats and mice.
Surveying the Smalls
November 18, 2022
Local biologists team up to study how wetland mitigation affects small mammals.
The Layers Beneath the Church
October 31, 2022
Michelle Freeman uncovers how clergy and laity revered saints in the fourth to sixth centuries to improve cultural understanding today.
The Optimistic Nutritionist
October 20, 2022
Saroja Voruganti uses genetics to improve people’s nutrition — and she’s helping the next generation of scientists do the same.
The Community Scientist
October 19, 2022
In his 40 years at UNC-Chapel Hill, the late Ken Jacobson transformed the world of microscopy — and helped countless students and peers along the way.
Crouching Researcher, Hidden Sparrow
September 27, 2022
Four students spent their summer in Colorado stalking Lincoln’s sparrows in search of answers to fundamental biological questions.
Championing Public Health
September 26, 2022
The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has been addressing the world’s biggest challenges for more than 80 years.
Bringing Bivalves Back
August 18, 2022
Oysters have been dying off for the last century, and PhD candidate Mark Ciesielski wants to know why — and how to stop it.