Category: Natural Sciences & Mathematics
College of Arts & Sciences recognizes 12 new distinguished professors
Congratulations to the 12 faculty who were recently appointed distinguished professors or distinguished term professors in the College of Arts & Sciences. Their new appointments take effect July 1.
A Message from Dean Rhodes
This has been a deeply painful and disturbing week for our nation, with the video that has emerged of George Floyd and his horrible death in police custody in Minneapolis.
Class of stellar explosions found to be galactic producers of lithium
A team of researchers has combined theory with both observations and laboratory studies and determined that a class of stellar explosions, called classical novae, are responsible for most of the … Read more
UNC team receives NSF RAPID grant for lung-mucus strategy to mitigate COVID-19 transmission, infection
An interdisciplinary team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received funding to explore the critical role of airway mucus in the transmission, infection and spread versus … Read more
Yurco named 2020 Manager of the Year
Laura Yurco in the department of chemistry has been named 2020 Manager of the Year. She joined the department of chemistry in 2017 with over 13 years of experience with the University.
Machine Morality
As machines become more autonomous, humans must define the limits of their decision-making. UNC postdoctoral researcher Yochanan Bigman addresses this topic, suggesting where to draw the line when self-governing technology … Read more
The Fast and the Autonomous
In a small corner of Sitterson Hall sits a fleet of pint-size cars that can see and navigate independently, winning races for the team of UNC computer science students that … Read more
One strange semester, part 2
More impressions, insights and lessons learned by faculty during spring’s historic shift to remote teaching.
Science festival, physics and astronomy set world record
Duane Deardorff and Shane Brogan helped the North Carolina Science Festival team set the record for the highest launch from a Galilean cannon.
What they’re trained for
Biomedical engineers at Carolina and NC State respond to COVID-19 by teaming to speed the development of an emergency ventilator.
Carolina to host a Class of 2020 virtual celebration
At 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 10, the University will hold a Class of 2020 video watch party celebration so graduates and their families can celebrate together until it’s safe … Read more
A Tar Heel for life
Senior Tyger Hanback shares his Carolina journey as an admissions ambassador and a member of the Marching Tar Heels and a few of his friends share their favorite memories of … Read more
Senior Han Guo: Building language technologies
Han Guo is a senior double-majoring in computer science and statistics and analytics. He researches how to build language technologies like automated image captioning.
Chasing challenges at Carolina
For senior Malikiya Hinds, graduating from Carolina is proof of her resiliency and a reminder of all that she’s overcome to earn her degree.
Push through challenges, embrace new opportunities
We interviewed four graduating seniors about their experience at Carolina. Here are their stories and the advice they would give to fellow graduates. To say that Sweta Karlekar’s four years … Read more
Mission Critical [Part One]: Make it Work
FastTraCS is a small group of biomedical engineers who support UNC Health physicians, nurses and staff by identifying problems in clinical settings and creating innovative, technological solutions.
NREL Helps Found Consortium to Boost Solar Perovskite Commercialization
Perovskite solar cells are a type of thin-film solar cell that have proven to be highly efficient at harnessing sunlight to generate electricity. UNC-Chapel Hill is one of the founding … Read more
UNC Researchers Successfully Remove PFAS Chemicals from Water
Orlando Coronell and Frank Leibfarth have developed a filtration resin that has thus far been successful in removing most PFAS from water.
Protecting the Galapagos Islands
Carolina researchers at the Galapagos Science Center have been shining a light on the challenges presented by human interactions on the islands and working to find the balance between helping … Read more
Health and happiness amid the pandemic
How do you stay healthy and happy when the world is turned upside down? Students in the interdisciplinary “Understanding Health and Happiness” Triple I class are now putting all of … Read more