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The Science of Swimming
A new collaboration between the Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Exercise and Sport Science and USA Swimming seeks to tackle fundamental questions on swimmer performance and leverage those answers in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

UNC junior researches childhood food insecurity’s effects on structural brain development
With a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Ria Patel is analyzing data and MRI scans to explore possible anatomical changes in adolescents’ brains — and the behavioral changes that could follow.

UNC-Chapel Hill research funding hits new milestone at $1.21B
Investment in Carolina’s research enterprise grew in FY24, with significant increases in funding from private organizations and federal agencies.

Student’s research to help endangered corals
Through a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Rachel Geyer is learning how corals survive environmental stress.

UNC senior researches cicadas’ impact on food web dynamics
Alexander Smith used his Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship to explore how the bugs’ cyclical emergence changed some animals’ feeding habits around the Triangle.

Adventures in Ancient Plants
Patricia Gensel has spent her career studying 400-million-year-old plants at Carolina and across the globe.

Fun experiments in a friend’s garage fueled this Tar Heel’s passion for engineering
Recent graduate Kohen Goble balanced a major in chemistry, a minor in applied sciences and engineering and two undergraduate research assistant positions while at Carolina.