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COVID-19 gets its just desserts with sugar-coated test strips
New research by UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of California, San Diego, develops a low-cost test strip that provides a simple and accurate detection of COVID-19 infection within minutes.
Carolina senior music and English major named Marshall Scholar
Kennedy Miller, a senior studying vocal performance and English, is Carolina’s 22nd Marshall Scholar. The prestigious Marshall Scholarship funds graduate studies in any field at up to two institutions in … Read more
After a wild blowout a few million years ago, the central black hole in our galaxy now dozes fitfully
A multi-institutional team led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill traces still active particle beam.
College faculty tapped for highly cited researchers 2021 list
Five College of Arts & Sciences faculty members have been named among the world’s most highly cited researchers in their respective fields for 2021.
Of placekicking, polymers and pets
Frank Leibfarth, the main speaker at Carolina’s Winter Commencement, talks about growing up in a small town, being fearless in his college football career and plastics research, his dog Roscoe … Read more
Caring for a Tar Heel icon
Graduating senior Hannah King grew up on a sheep farm in rural North Carolina, and when she got to Chapel Hill, she realized there was a high-profile role that she … Read more
Researching resistance in pottery poetry
Michael J. Bramwell, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of American Studies, is collaborating with museums as they engage in social justice work—an initiative informed by a study of the … Read more
Creating A Pathway
With help from the Carolina Covenant’s Rural Medicine Pathway Program, Kainat Aslam is now a first-year medical student fulfilling her dreams to become a doctor.
Meet a 2021 winter graduate: Elliot Carey
Winter graduate Elliot Carey found his true passion for social work by serving his local community through volunteering with the North Carolina Guardian ad Litem program. Learn more about this … Read more
Drawn to the chase for research answers
Senior Maria Emilia Mazzolenis, a native of Argentina, uses her skills in behavioral economics and data science to help others.
Senior Samuel Zahn named Schwarzman Scholar
Senior Samuel Zahn has been awarded a prestigious Schwarzman scholarship, which funds a master’s in global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.
Sharing Black history and culture
Senior Saskia Staimpel has expanded her interests in Black student activism through undergraduate research and a fellowship at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.
Exploring the world through popular music
Maximilian Spiegel will graduate in December and plans to pursue a career in academia based on his interdisciplinary study of popular music.
Bookmark This
Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni. This month’s featured book: “North Carolina: Land of Water, Land of Sky” … Read more
How one UNC undergrad merged science with the great outdoors in the Galapagos
UNC Alum Will Larsen was able to navigate undergraduate research after stumbling upon UNC Center for Galapagos Studies and has now officially published a paper on his research in the … Read more
Lessons in songwriting and perseverance
Singer-songwriter Rissi Palmer visited Professor Jocelyn Neal’s songwriting class in early October, opening up about her journey in the industry and the lessons she’s learned along the way.
Carolina Tar Heels use high-tech mouthguards in player safety research
Use of the NFL’s mouthguard sensor at collegiate level will broaden, inform head injury reduction efforts for elite athletes.
Researchers identify how bacteria makes copper into an antibiotic
Chemists at UNC-Chapel Hill and UC Davis discover the microbial process that turns a metal into an antibiotic.
UNC-Chapel Hill announces third Rhodes Scholar winner Kimathi Muiruri
Kimathi Muiruri, a 2021 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been selected for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, which funds study at the University of Oxford.
Alumnus named Carolina’s 53rd Rhodes Scholar
Justin Hadad ’21 majored in economics and applied physics and minored in Latin. At Carolina, he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an Honors Carolina laureate … Read more