Since 1987, Rick Luettich has been building systems to protect the coast from environmental hazards and extreme weather events.

Jamilläh Rodriguez is fascinated by understudied and endangered languages.

Snigdha Chaturvedi studies language that connects society and computers.

Senior Colleen McCann studies proteins to diminish disease.

PhD student Samuel Akau engenders creative, participatory public policies.

This summer, undergraduates are experiencing history firsthand as part of the archaeology program’s field school

Shekinah Elmore’s road to radiation oncology was long, exhausting, and unexpected.

PhD candidate Suad Jabr is listening to the stories of LGBTQIA+ refugees.

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 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.

Erik Zhang is a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy within the UNC College of Arts & Sciences. He studies why people give preference to the needs and interests of family members, friends, and themselves over strangers.

Darin Waters believes that through the study of history, we can find out where we’ve been and glimpse where we’re going – something he learned during his PhD project at Biltmore Estate.