Category: In The Media
What climate change will mean for your home
When Miyuki Hino bought a house in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 2020, she checked an online map that showed the damage caused by Hurricane Matthew in 2016 to evaluate the … Read more
Housing supply down, prices up in NC, real estate website says
The supply of homes for sale in North Carolina has plummeted, with Raleigh’s inventory falling the most among the nation’s 50 largest metro areas, down more than two-thirds since 2020. … Read more
Are Sanctions Working? UNC Political Scientist Weighs In On Ukraine
The ongoing war in Ukraine is heading into its second month, with Russian forces largely stalled but still causing massive destruction. Other countries including the U.S. have avoided getting involved … Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill and Winston Family Foundation launch national center to study effects of technology, social media use on child brain development
Winston Family Foundation Gift A new research center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will examine the long-term effects of technology and social media use on teen … Read more
Ancient Wonders—The Huqoq Mosaics
The Huqoq mosaics have long been a favorite of Biblical Archaeology Review’s readers and now they have earned the title of one of National Geographic’s “100 Archaeological Treasures of the … Read more
The World Watched Russia Bomb Ukraine’s Hospitals. What Happens Next?
…The World Health Organization has also stepped up in recent years when it comes to monitoring and confirming attacks on health systems, including posting an online dashboard that became operational in 2017. … Read more
Why some pro athletes (like Tom Brady) seem unable to stay retired
NPR’s Juana Summers talks with J.D. DeFreese of the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill about why some pro athletes … Read more
Want to avoid weight gain in menopause? Make changes earlier, study says
The changes in a woman’s metabolism that can cause weight gain after menopause actually start years earlier, a recent study suggests. Researchers found that the greatest increases in the overall percentage of body … Read more
Fix the system, not the students
Diversity initiatives at the UNC Department of Physics and Astronomy were highlighted as exemplars in a March 3 Science Magazine article, which was published alongside several stories investigating the underrepresentation … Read more
Cherokee on a smartphone: Part of a drive to save a language
By itself, being able to read smartphone home screens in Cherokee won’t be enough to safeguard the Indigenous language, endangered after a long history of erasure. But it might be … Read more
Ukraine Crisis: Threat of war in Eastern Europe
Milada Vachudova is an associate professor of political science with expertise in the democratization of post-communist Europe. What does Putin’s decision mean for Eastern Europe and the world? Vachudova: “There … Read more
Putin’s rule depends on creating foreign enemies — and domestic ‘traitors’
Graeme Robertson, UNC professor of political science and director of the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, and Samuel Greene, professor at King’s College, London, wrote this piece for The … Read more
New Sanctions will limit Russia’s ability to do business on a global scale
Navin Bapat, professor of peace and war in political science and serves as chair of the curriculum of peace, war and defense in the UNC-Chapel Hill College of Arts and … Read more
North Carolina researchers have a new, tiny, and far more effective weapon to fight PFAS
The newly developed technology — known as ‘ionic fluorogel’ — is years in the making, and aims to unseat existing technologies that are less effective. Granular Activated Carbon, or GAC, … Read more
Sea-level predictions raise concerns
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts the sea level will increase by a foot by 2050. Marine science experts say this increase will likely cause more erosion on the … Read more
Study: Sharks off North Carolina’s coast have gotten smaller
A 50-year study of sharks off the coast of North Carolina found that many species have decreased in size over time. Joel Fodrie is an ecologist in the Institute of … Read more
Poem: She Ties My Bow Tie
Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s poem, She Ties My Bow Tie, was featured in The New York Times.
Where ‘country’ and ‘metropolitan’ blend in North Carolina
In his new book, “North Carolina: Land of Water, Land of Sky’’ (UNC Press), Bland Simpson offers a first-person narrative of his lifetime of traveling across the state, exploring its … Read more
What Parents Can Do When Kids Have Suicidal Thoughts
Suicidal thoughts occur on a spectrum of severity, psychiatrists and psychologists say. At the low end are passive thoughts about death, “wishing you were not there, thinking that it would … Read more
How Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones turned a money-losing team into a $10 billion empire
The Cowboys are now the NFL’s richest team, with $980 million in revenue and operating income of $425 million in 2020, according to Forbes. The team’s overall value is $6.5 … Read more