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Illustration of two self driving cars at a overhead view. There are "sonic ways" emitting from the cars, showing that they are "talking" to one another.

Disruptive Driving

While car manufacturers and tech companies around the world work to make autonomous vehicles a...
Felton Thomas holds up a sign that reads "Prevention 4 me" at an event that supports the LGBT Center in Raleigh

Beyond Condoms: New Approaches to HIV Prevention

The UNC Division of Infectious Diseases launches three simultaneous studies to help prevent HIV within...
Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson and Frank Stillo test the well water at a home just outside city limits in Wake County.

Beyond City Limits

Why do some neighborhoods lack access to municipal services? And how does this affect families?...
Portrait of Dean Kemble that hangs in the UNC School of Nursing

The Nursing Pioneer

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting Elizabeth L. Kemble, founding dean of the...
Infographic for Out of Hospital Sudden Unexpected Death (also known as OHSUD). 4 of the 5 medical conditions that cause OHSUD in North Carolina are related to the heart. 32 OHSUD-related deaths occur each day in North Carolina. Nationwide, OHSUD accounts for 15% of all natural deaths.

Without Warning: Why Do People Drop Dead?

In North Carolina, roughly 32 people die unexpectedly every day, their loved ones devastated not...
An illustration of a girl at a computer with a message board opened

Seeking Solace through the Screen

Anonymous online chat therapy groups for people with bulimia nervosa prove just as effective as...
Black and white photo of Oliver Smithies with a great big smile that reads "Oliver Smithies: Nobel Laureate and UNC Distinguished Professor. 1925 to 2017"

Oliver Smithies, Carolina’s First Nobel Laureate, Passes Away at 91

Oliver Smithies, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s first full-time faculty member to...
Shawn Hingtgen poses in his lab

A Living Scalpel to Fight Brain Cancer

A new technique uses stem cells to deliver anti-cancer drugs to aggressive brain tumors that...
Screen grab from the video of the Caregivers meeting

A Caregiving Community at Carolina

A new program funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation strives to create better work-life...