Alumnae Liza Schillo ’07 and Morgan Zemaitis ’17 appreciate the interdisciplinary nature of their Carolina degrees, an aspect that has fueled their rewarding careers in sustainability and energy.
Alumnae find rewarding careers with Levi Strauss and Insight Sourcing Group Read More »
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have reached a new milestone on the way to optical computing.
Researchers enable transmission of specific colors of light over long distances Read More »
This summer, a member of the Marching Tar Heels is bringing his love for music to residents of the Carolina Meadows retirement community in Chapel Hill, one playlist at a time. As an intern with Carolina Meadows’ Music & Memory program, UNC-Chapel Hill junior Turner Medlicott is helping patients with dementia reconnect with the world around them through music.
Striking the right chord with Carolina Meadows Read More »
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Texas A&M University used satellite images, on-the-ground measurements and a statistical model to determine how much of the earth is covered by rivers and streams. They found that global river and stream surface area is about 45 percent greater than what was indicated by previous studies.
Global surface area of rivers and streams is 45 percent higher than previously thought Read More »
Improved understanding of the coupled natural-human coastal system will help promote resilience of coastal communities and ecosystems under rapidly changing environmental conditions and support informed decision-making, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
By monitoring water quality in the state’s estuaries, Carolina researchers are better understanding the lasting effects that hurricanes have on ecosystems beyond immediate flooding and storm surge.
Leaving a mark on ecosystems Read More »
Most people you pass on the street have a general understanding of augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR). But a team of computer science students at UNC-Chapel Hill, led by Brian Moynihan of the UNC Health Sciences Library, are not only creating a new way of thinking about these technologies, but exploring new possibilities for thinking with them.
Mind games: The emerging brain-powered possibilities of AR and VR Read More »
A new design and making course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is teaching students that in order to move forward, they must first endure a few steps backwards.
UNC students learn to build the perfect prototype, one failure at a time Read More »
A team of psychologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have used a new technique to construct what a large sample of 511 American Christians think God looks like.
UNC-Chapel Hill researchers ask Americans: “What does God look like?” Read More »
What makes someone go from simply being hungry to full-on “hangry”? More than just a simple drop in blood sugar, this combination of hunger and anger may be a complicated emotional response involving an interplay of biology, personality and environmental cues, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
