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Jordan Dodson

Senior Jordan Dodson is double-majoring in computer science and information science within the UNC School...

Making Scientists

Thanks to an industry partnership with Eastman and the Eastman Foundation, UNC’s BeAM makerspace program...
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Growth from the Ground Up

A Robeson County tortilla manufacturer is ready to increase his production from 25,000 pounds of...
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The New Face of Data

UNC undergraduate Patrick Seelinger and professor Steven King are developing a facial recognition app that...
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Real Sound in a Virtual World

Gaming giant Valve acquires Impulsonic — a UNC-created 3-D sound simulation software company started by...
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The Long Game

We use statistics to analyze almost every aspect of sports on the court, but UNC’s...
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The New Oil

In the last decade, the world has been hit by a tsunami of data —...
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Kings of Chemistry

How an unexpected discovery transformed the world and made Morehead, Venable, and Kenan household names...
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Through the Looking Glass

UNC’s computer science department laid the groundwork for 3-D computer-generated graphics and continues to push...