The Graduate School recently announced awards given to graduate students for powerful discoveries that contribute to a better future for people and communities in North Carolina. Seventeen Impact Awards and five Horizon Awards were presented for 2018.
Graduate students receive awards for research that benefits the state Read More »
Five women who spend much of their time helping other women and girls had their moment in the spotlight March 5.
Spotlight shines on Advancement of Women Award winners Read More »
In December, graduate students from the UNC Department of Marine Sciences spent 10 days transplanting corals on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef in southern Belize. The data they collect from this research could impact coral reef conservation efforts in the future.
Transporting corals in southern Belize Read More »
While UNC-Chapel Hill senior Lindsay Player ’18 balances a major in biology and a double minor in chemistry and neuroscience, she uses music as a way to enhance her performance in the lab. Player is senior co-president of Musical Empowerment.
Senior science major shares her passion for music with the community Read More »
Fifty-seven graduate students in the College of Arts & Sciences have received fellowships funded by private support to advance their scholarship and teaching. Increasing support for graduate students has been a priority of Kevin Guskiewicz since he became dean in 2016.
Yaiza Canzani, an assistant professor of mathematics in UNC’s College of Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a 2018 Sloan Research Fellowship.
Mathematics’ Yaiza Canzani named a Sloan Fellow ‘rising star’ Read More »
Last week’s launch of a sports car into space — it was a publicity stunt for a commercial rocket liftoff—has captivated sky watchers the world over, but perhaps none more than those who study the stars as their profession.
UNC astronomers track roadster-driving ‘Starman’ Read More »
Victoria Bautch, chair of the biology department, has been awarded a $6 million Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NIH-NHLBI).
Bautch receives $6 million outstanding investigator award Read More »
The University Gazette recently published this Q&A with Jonathan Jensen, assistant professor of sport administration in the department of exercise and sport science. For the feature, “Carolina People,” Jensen talks about his research, and about his upcoming trip to the winter Olympics.
Sports marketing expert Jonathan Jensen is headed to the Olympics Read More »
Johna Register-Mihalik is an assistant professor in the department of exercise and sport science within the UNC College of Arts & Sciences. She is also a faculty member of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center and the Injury Prevention Research Center. Her research focuses on the prevention, education, consequences, and clinical management of recreation- and sport-related traumatic brain injury.
Johna Register-Mihalik focuses on prevention and treatment of concussions Read More »
