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A mother, father, and two daughters pose for a portrait inside a university laboratory space.

The Frog Family

David and Karin Pfennig have created a home away from home in the Arizona desert...
Emma Marzolf

Emma York Marzolf

Emma Marzolf is a conservation grower at the North Carolina Botanical Garden. She collects native...

Taking Research to New Heights

From surveying glacial melt to managing wildfires, there are endless ways drones can be used...

The Timber Chronicles

As a paleoclimatologist, Erika Wise studies climate trends from the past thousand years. Her methods...
Megan Raisle

Megan Raisle

Megan Raisle is a senior and Morehead-Cain Scholar double-majoring in environmental studies and geography within...
Xiaoming Liu

Xiaoming Liu

Xiaoming Liu is an assistant professor of geochemistry in the Department of Geological Sciences within...
Nehemiah Stewart

Nehemiah Stewart

Nehemiah Stewart is a junior double-majoring in chemistry and mathematics within the UNC College of...
Alecia Septer

Alecia Septer

Alecia Septer is an assistant professor in the Department of Marine Sciences within the UNC...
South Building on UNC's campus

A Leading Research Institution

University Research Week, November 4-8, is an annual celebration of Carolina’s research excellence and an...