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UNC historian tapped for National Humanities Center fellowship

Professor of History John Wood Sweet was among 31 scholars awarded National Humanities Center fellowships for the 2024-2025 academic year. Sweet was the only researcher from UNC-Chapel Hill to receive a fellowship.


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College staff among 2024 Massey Award winners

The Massey Awards, established in 1980, recognize “unusual, meritorious or superior contributions” by University employees. Summer Montgomery in the department of biology and Nicholas Siedentop in the Office of Undergraduate Education are winners from the College.


UNC-Chapel Hill researchers create artificial cells that act like living cells

Ronit Freeman and her lab use innovative approaches to build functional cells, bridging the gap between synthetic and living materials. 


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UNC-Chapel Hill study examines the increased adoption of they/them pronouns

People are using “they/them” pronouns more often according to a new study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The research was led by Jennifer E. Arnold, a professor of psychology and neuroscience in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences.


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Flowing Together: Restoring North Carolina’s drinking water

PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” are prevalent in a variety of products and linked to a range of health problems. An interdisciplinary group of UNC-Chapel Hill scientists and engineers are deploying and evaluating technologies that filter these difficult-to-remove substances from N.C.’s drinking water.


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Seven students selected as 2024 Carolina Blue Honors Fellows

Seven students were selected as recipients of the 2024 Carolina Blue Honors Fellowship in Sports Entrepreneurship to pursue unique and self-initiated summer internships built around growing international sports businesses. 


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UNC-Chapel Hill researchers discover new clues to how tardigrades can survive intense radiation

UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have discovered that tardigrades – microscopic animals famed for surviving harsh extremes – have an unusual response to radiation. The research, led by UNC biologist Bob Goldstein, was published in Current Biology.


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