Adult sea turtles find their way back to the beaches where they hatched by seeking out unique magnetic signatures along the coast, according to new evidence from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (green sea turtle image courtesy of Andresvilla92, Wikimedia Commons)
For sea turtles, there’s no place like magnetic home Read More »
Oysters may be one of North Carolina’s most important organisms. They filter the water, their shells provide habitats for other organisms, and they can help slow the process of erosion. But can they do all those things even when they’re regularly being harvested for food?
Can we have our oysters and eat them too? Read More »
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.
Take Five with Barbara Entwisle Read More »
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.
Coming full circle Read More »
UNC public policy professors Ashu Handa and Pam Jagger will join two public health colleagues in studying the dangers of cookstove smoke in Rwanda, thanks to a $2.5 million grant.
Seeking a safer way to cook in developing countries Read More »
For an hour Tuesday evening, 14 UNC-Chapel Hill students made more than 200 peers, faculty, parents and Chancellor Carol L. Folt laugh and cheer as they performed skits about an unlikely topic: grammar.
Gram-o-Rama elicits laughs, cheers Read More »
Sarah M. Bufkin of Atlanta, a 2013 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received a Rhodes Scholarship, the world’s oldest and best known awards for graduate study.
Bufkin named Carolina’s 49th Rhodes Scholar Read More »
Karen M. Gil, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has announced that she has decided to step down at the end of the academic year to return to teaching in the department of psychology.
Gil to step down as arts and sciences dean in 2015 Read More »
Through a new documentary photography project, UNC marine ecologist and Ph.D. student Clare Fieseler captures female scientists who break stereotypes. Her goal is to inspire young women to pursue STEM careers. National Geographic produced a feature VIDEO on her efforts.
Outnumbered: Portraits of women in science Read More »
The Karen M. Gil Internship Program in Psychology was launched this fall and offers extensive psychology and professional training.
Unique program targets psychology undergrads Read More »
