Haley Plaas works with local communities to uncover how algal blooms affect air quality.

With data spilling from all areas of life, students need tools and training to understand it. The UNC School of Data Science and Society is here to help.

Cheerag Upadhyaya works to improve outcomes for surgical patients.

Sarah Vickers researches “ghost particles” to learn more about our universe.

From pickleball to LEGO, Carolina researchers engage in a variety of hobbies to escape stressors that come with a career in academia.

Denise “Dee” Yookong Williams uses art to help LGBTQ youth and youth of color process their experiences around suicide.

By combining best practices in education and mental health care, Christina Cruz works to enhance interventions for elementary-aged patients before concerns become crises.

Toshihide Hige wants to unlock the brain’s secrets for learning and memory.

Daniel Johnson uses his research on mental health in the military to effect policy change at the national level.

Mary Kimmel is a physician researcher, advocate, and mom dedicated to changing the way mothers who need mental health care are perceived and treated.

Nivi Ramasamy unravels the link between obesity and cancer.

Bailey Benson’s unconventional cookbook guides readers through much more than recipes.