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Overview map displaying the Rocky Mount properties after Hurricane Floyd and where the floodplains were during that flood. Many of the new developments are in the floodplains.

Come Hell or High Water

How one UNC researcher aims to limit flood risk through floodplain buyouts...
Portrait of Andrea Azcarate-Peril in the lab.

Another Breastfeeding Benefit

Gut bacteria reveal that exclusively breastfed babies are better equipped for the transition to solids...
Photo of Gabriel Cummings and Heather Hunt looking of paper and discussing.

Grow your own way

UNC researchers are helping Warren County officials find ways to boost local business without sacrificing...
Split screen photo: left side shows multiple Felony Punishment Chart papers fanned out. Right right shows someone tapping a touch screen that says "Select the offense category to begin. Felony, Misdemeanor, or Drug Trafficking" and the user is selecting "Felony"

A Fair Sentence

Jamie Markham created a mobile app to help N.C. prosecutors, lawyers, and judges determine the...
Screen cap from the Cartoon PSA on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Man in a business suit with his hands up in the air, walking down a path that says "Opportunity"

Lobbying America

A time when business decided to fight back—and change the country’s political landscape...