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Las Vegas Nevada sign welcomes people to the city. (photo courtesy of pexels)

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.


Greg Copenhaver

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.


In a class using COVID-19 best practices, Teaching Assistant Professor Samba Camara leads an Introduction to Africa course. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

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.


Victor Ilevbare. Photo by the Biology Ambassadors Program.

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.


The motility of plant-colonizing bacteria is largely dependent on flagellin. as shown in this complex scientific diagram.

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.


Jill enjoying a hike to Cerro Tijeretas on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos.

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.


University Teaching Awards collage. Clockwise from top: Elizabeth Havice, Frank Leibfarth, Richard Goldberg, Brian Taylor, Yuki Aratake.

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 .