UNC Research Stories

Endeavors engages its readers in the intellectual life of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by conveying the excitement of creativity, discovery, and the rigors and risks of the quest for new knowledge.

Posts by UNC Research Stories:

Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson

January 6, 2016

Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson is an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. Her research seeks to illuminate what individuals, communities, and policymakers can do to make the biggest and most lasting advancements in public health by improving the quality of the environment.

Extreme Cell Makeover

March 24, 2015

Mini-guts help researchers isolate and track stem cells to improve intestinal health.

Winter 2012

December 1, 2012

BIG on the PIG: North Carolina’s hog farming industry is one of the largest in the nation. Is it also making people sick?

Winter 2011

December 1, 2011

Songs as bullets, music as bombs.

Fall 2011

August 1, 2011

Two-year-old Jonah Weishaar has a rare and fatal disease. There is no cure. His mother started a foundation to try to save his life. But the clock is ticking. Why does it take so long to develop new treatments for diseases?

Spring 2011

March 1, 2011

This is a list of all the people who have been executed in the U.S. since 1977, including (in parentheses) the names of their victims.

Fall 2010

August 1, 2010

How old are you, really?