Students connected with alumni and leading experts throughout the week—now an annual tradition of UNC’s Diplomacy Initiative—to explore careers in global problem-solving.
With the support of a new $1.5 million grant from NASA, the Data-Driven EnviroLab will evaluate disparities in heat stress from environmental and climate injustices across the U.S.
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities has tapped the expertise and leadership of its former fellows and leaders across campus for its various faculty programs and initiatives for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Héctor Aizpurúa, Jr. recounts his journey from remedial English classes to writing his honors thesis on the musical traditions of the displaced people of the Panama Canal.
Savannah Ryburn, A UNC Ph.D. student in the Environment, Ecology and Energy Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, has dedicated the last five years to researching the diet of juvenile blacktip and scalloped hammerhead sharks in the Galapagos Islands using a cutting-edge technique called metabarcoding.
Through the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, Olivia Key ’25 conducted research on the resilience of seagrass beds, which have a potentially valuable role in reducing net carbon emissions in relation to climate change.
Researchers with the UNC Center for Galapagos Studies, alongside external collaborators, received a $2.5m grant from the National Science Foundation to expand their research on marine plankton in the Galapagos.
The 2023-2024 cohort will offer mentorship and professional development opportunities for students in the entrepreneurship minor as they visit campus this year.
Allison Lazard and Barbara Fredrickson are using social media to promote wellness through in-person connection. Their interdisciplinary studies are gaining momentum, with three out of three research proposals receiving funding.
Carolina chemists have created a technology that can split water into its component parts, opening the door to more options for alternative energy.
