The Sediment Scientist
Anne Smiley maps coastal habitats and nitrogen levels to assess water quality and coastal ecosystem health, protecting communities hit by major storms...
Bringing Bivalves Back
Oysters have been dying off for the last century, and PhD candidate Mark Ciesielski wants to know why — and how to stop it...
The Coastal Engineer
Since 1987, Rick Luettich has been building systems to protect the coast from environmental hazards and extreme weather events...
RUNC: Jamilläh Rodriguez
Jamilläh Rodriguez is fascinated by understudied and endangered languages...
RUNC: Snigdha Chaturvedi
Snigdha Chaturvedi studies language that connects society and computers...
RUNC: Colleen McCann
Senior Colleen McCann studies proteins to diminish disease...
RUNC: Samuel Akau
PhD student Samuel Akau engenders creative, participatory public policies...
Getting Their Hands Dirty
This summer, undergraduates are experiencing history firsthand as part of the archaeology program’s field school...
Slowly, Then All at Once
Shekinah Elmore’s road to radiation oncology was long, exhausting, and unexpected...
Queering the Borders
PhD candidate Suad Jabr is listening to the stories of LGBTQIA+ refugees...
Infusing Hope for Hemophilia
A gene therapy clinical trial for hemophilia shows promise and could be approved by the FDA later this year — a feat made possible, in part, by UNC-Chapel Hill's 70-year-old research program...
Sahar Ahmad
Sahar Ahmad is a postdoctoral researcher in the Biomedical Research Imaging Center within the UNC School of Medicine. She uses neuroimaging to research brain development across the human lifespan...