Skip to main content
A researcher holding a laptop and wearing augmented reality glasses examines a model of a person, a red stick figure-like construction, through the AR technology.

Computer science team uses AR to treat Parkinson’s

Their software and augmented reality headsets allow clinicians to analyze patient movement and guide physical therapy.


Abigail Knight and Sidney Wilkerson-Hill in chemistry are the recipients of 2024 Sloan Fellowships. (photo by Donn Young)

Sloan Fellowships awarded to two Carolina chemists

Abigail Knight and Sidney Wilkerson-Hill, assistant professors in the department of chemistry in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, have been awarded 2024 Sloan Research Fellowships, among the most prestigious awards given to early-career scientists.


Huong Kratochvil smiles at the camera in her lab.

A passion for proteins

“Understanding how proteins function will help guide our understanding of how to develop drugs when proteins go rogue,” says UNC chemist Huong Kratochvil.


Podcast hosts and guests sit on a stage in the FedEx Global Education Center.

UNC’s Diplomacy Initiative hosts live recording of prominent podcast

Co-hosts from the “Brussels Sprouts” podcast discussed the upcoming Russian presidential election in a live event at UNC-Chapel Hill. They interviewed UNC political science professor Graeme Robertson and King’s College London professor Samuel Greene.


Shelby Baez sits at a computer in her lab.

The psychology of sport injury

Shelby Baez, an assistant professor in the department of exercise and sport science, helps patients address their fears of returning to sport after traumatic knee injuries.


Rain pours down on the University seal on Polk Place on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on October 11, 2018. (Johnny Andrews/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Dialogue for Understanding: College Conversations in Difficult Times

Jim White, Craver Family Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has announced a series of spring events that seek to help the College community — students, faculty and staff — broaden their understanding of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.


Kirsten Giesbrecht stands at the Old Well

Biomathematics has her heart

Doctoral student Kirsten Giesbrecht uses mathematical modeling to study the heart in its early developmental stages.


Looking for College stories older than 2020? Visit our news archive.
News Archive