Natural Sciences & Mathematics
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Sound and the COVID-19 shutdown
A new study published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America used urban acoustics to monitor changes in human activity during the COVID-19 shutdown in Las Vegas.
Copenhaver named new associate dean for research and innovation
He will be responsible for developing and implementing research and innovation strategies for the College and supporting leadership and faculty to enhance the College’s research and scholarship portfolio.
Post-pandemic life: recovery and revelations in education
In part one of a three-part series, two Carolina experts consider the pandemic’s lasting effects on education from kindergarten through college.
From Ebola to COVID-19: One student’s drive to fight infectious diseases
Carolina junior Victor Ilevbare has been through an epidemic and a pandemic, both of which informed his interest in medicine.
International team collaborates on new research about bacteria and plants
An international team of researchers, including Jeffery Dangl at UNC-Chapel Hill, uses two complementary approaches to unveil a co-evolutionary mechanism between bacteria and plants — and also explain complex immune response patterns observed in the wild.
Sharing her Galapagos research
International Womenʼs Day is an opportunity to celebrate the social, professional and cultural achievements of women all over the world. Today Jill Stewart, deputy director of the UNC Center for Galapagos Studies, talks about her research.
Tanner Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Learn more about how one professor made his large classes feel small and another showed how topics studied in class are applied and used .