Tech-Infused Performances
June 25, 2025
Pianist Clara Yang creates musical experiences that explore humanity’s relationship with artificial intelligence.
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Predictive Prescriptions
June 19, 2025
Alex Tropsha is part of a multi-million dollar, federally funded project using machine learning to identify new uses for existing drugs.
Building Living Machines
January 23, 2025
Ronit Freeman uses nature’s building blocks to create innovative technologies, from synthetic cells to treatments that could transform health care.
Feeling the Music
October 30, 2024
Willie Payne works with blind and low-vision musicians to make music more accessible.
Harnessing Hydrogen
August 24, 2023
Carolina chemists have created a technology that can split water into its component parts, opening the door to more options for alternative energy.
Science for the Future
June 20, 2023
With data spilling from all areas of life, students need tools and training to understand it. The UNC School of Data Science and Society is here to help.
Magnificent Magnification
February 16, 2022
Researchers across UNC-Chapel Hill are using advanced imaging technologies and techniques to improve our understanding of cellular processes — with visually stunning results. Collected from a variety of labs, these images showcase the incredible projects our researchers are working on and the beauty of the human body in all its forms.
Mad About Media
November 18, 2020
Alice Marwick learned how to code when she was 11 and began working in the tech industry at 19. After the dot-com bubble burst, she realized she could combine her passion for technology with her love for social science in a graduate program. Now, the UNC communications professor researches disinformation and privacy, two of the most pressing issues in the world of media ethics.
Taking Research to New Heights
February 11, 2020
From surveying glacial melt to managing wildfires, there are endless ways drones can be used in research. Over winter break, UNC faculty and students completed a drone workshop — the first of its kind at the university — developing aeronautic expertise to apply to their research.