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a woman talks with a male food bank official as they stand in a warehouse among shelves of canned food

A Foreign Exchange

Last fall, UNC professor Maureen Berner visited food banks across Belgium to learn how they...
More than 2,900 Americans die from gun violence each month: 50 are women shot by their partners, 212 are children, and the remaining deaths are attributed to homicides, suicides, and accidents

Gun Violence – A Public Health Perspective

How do you preserve gun owner rights, but also prevent firearm deaths? It's a question...
a young African-American woman smiles at the camera

Allison Mathews

Allison Mathews is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Social Medicine within the UNC...
a young African-American woman works on her laptop in a library

Jordan Dodson

Senior Jordan Dodson is double-majoring in computer science and information science within the UNC School...
a blond woman holds two fingers up to a toddler, trying to teach her how to count

The One Doing the Talking

Across the nation, data indicate that meaningful conversations between teachers and students from kindergarten to...
seven men from a widowed fathers support group stand together and pose for a photo

Brotherhood of Hope

In October 2010, seven men embarked on a rare and unexpected journey — they joined...

Higher Ed Hierarchy

Students across the United States graduate with, on average, $30,000 of student loan debt, which...

Hashtag Politics

During the 2016 presidential election, Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Microsoft all hired dedicated teams of...

Putting the “You” in “Thank You”

Some researchers believe gratitude is a fundamental human emotion, connecting us to friends and partners...