Carolina faculty brought in $792.7 million in research contracts and grants in fiscal 2014. Leading those efforts since March 2011 has been Vice Chancellor for Research Barbara Entwisle, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Marine science researchers at UNC have found that estuaries generate natural defenses against the effects of global warming—until a hurricane hits.
PlayMakers Repertory Company will present the regional premiere of “Wrestling Jerusalem,” written and performed by Aaron Davidman, Jan. 7-11.
Louis Pérez Jr., J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of History in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, is a leading scholar on Cuba and U.S.-Cuban relations. Pérez is contributing extensively to the global discussion on the re-opening of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba.
Former Tar Heel basketball player Ademola Okulaja was called “The Warrior” because of his tough spirit. But his nickname took on a larger meaning in 2008, when doctors discovered a cancerous tumor in his spine.
An analysis by a team of UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State environmental and planning researchers concludes that densely populated regions with compact urban development that discourages commuting by car — widely touted as a way to increase public exercise and reduce harmful automobile emissions — may only slightly lower average regional particulate matter (PM) concentrations in the air.
The League of American Bicyclists has recognized UNC-Chapel Hill as a Bike Friendly University. The program acknowledges institutions of higher education for promoting and providing a more bike-friendly campus for students, staff and visitors.
Climate change is transforming the outer edge of the Southern U.S. coastal plain. A new $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant ($357,000 of which will go to UNC) will fund research in this area, in partnership with other Triangle universities.
Nancy Allbritton in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Allbritton is the Paul Debreczeny Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and chair of the UNC/NC State joint department of biomedical engineering. The honor is awarded to academic inventors who have a prolific spirit of innovation …
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Katie Savage first became connected with Carolina when she unexpectedly lost her left leg during surgery at UNC Hospitals when she was 14 years old. On Dec. 14, she joined 2,100 other new UNC graduates as she walked across the stage at the Dean Smith Center.
