This fall, Columbia, Maryland, native Jared Richards will begin a new phase of his budding scientific career as he arrives at UNC-Chapel Hill as a first-year biology student and member of the Chancellor’s Science Scholars in the College of Arts and Sciences.
How an unexpected discovery transformed the world and made Morehead, Venable, and Kenan household names at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Kings of Chemistry Read More »
The computer science department, based in the College of Arts and Sciences, laid the groundwork for 3-D computer-generated graphics and continues to push the boundaries of virtual environments today.
Through the Looking Glass Read More »
Hurricane season has been relatively quiet on the East Coast so far this year. But the season is far from over. In this podcast, Rick Luettich, director of the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, discusses hurricanes and the damaging storm surges that wreak havoc before and after the storms.
Well Said: Hurricanes and storm surges Read More »
UNC research led by biology postdoctoral fellow Spencer Ingley shows that In part, personalities emerged to protect societies against extreme temperature changes.
Temperature helps drive the emergence of different personalities in spiders Read More »
Diane Pozefsky is a research professor and director of undergraduate studies in the UNC College of Arts & Sciences Department of Computer Science. Pozefsky’s expertise includes software engineering and the social, legal, and ethical issues concerning information technology. She also helped build the networks for the 1998 Nagano Olympics and the IBM Corporation.
New UNC-Chapel Hill research shows that coral reef decline illustrates far reach of climate change — and that local solutions alone cannot restore coral populations
Isolated coral reefs far from human activity are not healthier Read More »
UNC chemist Bo Li was recently selected as a 2016 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar. The award recognizes outstanding young leaders in biomedical research.
Chemist Bo Li wins Rita Allen Foundation award for biomedical research Read More »
Diana Dayal and Bobby Hazel are spending their summer working alongside researchers from NASA, academia and industry to better understand Vision Impairment and Intracranial Pressure syndrome.
Tar Heels venture into space medicine Read More »
Margaret Jones is a graduate student studying geological sciences in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences. Her thesis work involves developing a shoreline-change model to determine coastal responses to climate change.
Geology graduate student Margaret Jones: ‘Let curiosity and fun guide you’ Read More »
