Giving at-risk teens a second chance
For the past four years, UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have been working with officials in Robeson County to reduce youth violence there. Instead of receiving jail time and a criminal record, ...
Life along the river
Jack Largess ‘16 spent his summer documenting people, places, and history along the Catawba River.
Video by Mary Lide Parker ...
Giving sea turtles a lift
UNC researchers help rehabilitated sea turtles get back to the ocean.
Video by Mary Lide Parker ...
Beneath the Waves
The goal of the Beneath the Waves Film Festival is to raise awareness of ocean conservation and marine science through film.
Video by Mary Lide Parker ...
The Dementia Tour
Holliday wants her students to become empathetic caregivers to the older population. To help her students understand what it feels like to be an older adult, or to have dementia, Holliday organizes ...
Scraping for Secrets on Online Drug Forums
Online forums provide an outlet for drug users — and a source of information for UNC researchers like John D. Martin, III, who believes that studying these platforms may be the key to addressing ...
Exploring Emotional Intelligence with Extraterrestrials
At what age do children recognize complex emotions? UNC College of Arts & Sciences researchers Kristen Lindquist and Misha Becker explore this in a new study. ...
Carving Creativity
UNC anthropologist Silvia Tomášková studies South African rock engravings to unearth the creative process of some of the country’s earliest inhabitants. ...
Detective Work Deep in the Earth
UNC College of Arts & Sciences seismologist Berk Biryol takes a crack at understanding how the earth is moving under the Southeastern United States ...
Science for Safer Food
For the past 10 years, UNC researcher Rachel Noble has been developing technology to keep our food safe from bacteria like E. coli.
...
If You Build It, They Will Come
As schools move further and further away from cities, the cost of busing continues to skyrocket — but one UNC city and regional planner hopes to change that ...
The New Oil
In the last decade, the world has been hit by a tsunami of data — and the Renaissance Computing Institute is determined to help businesses harness its power ...