Natural Sciences & Mathematics
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Environmental research making a difference in North Carolina
Rising junior Rose Houck uses knowledge from her biology and applied data science courses to research water quality and flood resiliency issues.
Leibfarth announced as inaugural Institute for Convergent Science faculty fellow
The institute’s Faculty Fellowship Program will provide support for Frank Leibfarth, associate professor in the department of chemistry, whose research includes expanding options for recycling.
Innovative, interdisciplinary health communication research wins $3 million grant to combat isolation in young adults
Even before U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a dire warning this spring about the loneliness epidemic in America, two UNC researchers had already teamed up to work on a solution.
Zhukhovitskiy granted Army Early Career Award
Alex Zhukhovitskiy, assistant professor of chemistry, has been selected to receive an Early Career Award from the Army Research Office, a directorate of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory.
Eskandarian receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Saba Eskandarian was awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The CAREER program offers NSF’s most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty.
EMERGE Annual Workshop supports the future of engineering programming
The EMERGE Annual Workshop convened for the second time at UNC-Chapel Hill to unite a community of faculty and staff who are developing and enhancing new engineering programs. The department of applied physical sciences at UNC launched EMERGE in 2020 with support from the Kern Family Foundation.
Sci-athon: Creating Innovative Ideas Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Collaboration is one of the most important skills for graduate students to experience. The UNC department of chemistry hosts an annual three-day competition called Sci-athon that invites teams of graduate students from various STEM disciplines to come up with the next big idea in chemistry.