How can we enhance STEM education? How can we get students excited about science? Four students at UNC may have an answer.

In January 2015, a team of researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill, Boise State University, Georgia State University, and Michigan State University, set out to complete an expedition on one of South America’s most active volcanos.

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Carrie Hamilton spends most of her days (and often late nights) working on her independent research - but she says it has been one of the most rewarding experiences of her college career thus far.

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Researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill have been working with schools in Robeson County to integrate Positive Action lessons into the classroom. The curriculum is designed to help students learn how to think critically about their emotions, and how best to react to challenging situations.

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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, teenagers who get charged with a first-offense misdemeanor, like fighting at school, go through a teen court hearing.

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Jack Largess ‘16 spent his summer documenting people, places, and history along the Catawba River.
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UNC researchers help rehabilitated sea turtles get back to the ocean.
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The goal of the Beneath the Waves Film Festival is to raise awareness of ocean conservation and marine science through film.

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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 a hands-on activity called the Dementia Tour.

Giselle Corbie-Smith is a social medicine professor in the UNC School of Medicine, as well as director of the Center for Health Equity Research and NC TraCS’ Community Academic Resources for Engaged Scholarship (CARES) Services. She is nationally recognized for her scholarly work on the practical and ethical issues regarding involvement of minorities in research.

Aya Avishai-Yitshak is a graduate student studying psychology and neuroscience in the UNC College of Arts & Sciences. Her research focuses on implicit processes, motivation, and health behaviors including exercise, eating, weight-gain prevention, and smoking.

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 abuse.