UNC celebrates University Research Week

  What does it mean to be a student at a leading global public research university? The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is showcasing the culture and community of research across disciplines as it celebrates its first-ever University Research Week from March 27-31. A variety of in-class and public activities and events have […]

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Winston-Salem wins diversity award as part of Latino Migration Project initiative

The City of Winston-Salem was honored with a 2017 City Cultural Diversity Award from the National League of Cities. The award was given in recognition of the Winston-Salem BIC Newcomers’ Pipeline. BIC, or Building Integrated Communities, is an initiative of the The Latino Migration Project and is supported by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.

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UNC-Chapel Hill researchers make discovery that could increase plant yield in wake of looming phosphate shortage

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have pinpointed a key genetic switch that helps soil bacteria living on and inside a plant’s roots harvest a vital nutrient with limited global supply. The nutrient, phosphate, makes it to the plant’s roots, helping the plant increase its yield.

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Outsmarting an outbreak

When Ebola strikes, what is the proper response? What measures should be taken to protect communities in a time of crisis? To help answer these questions, public health officials in Liberia turn to legal experts at the UNC School of Government, with assistance from research by Benjamin Mason Meier, the Zachary Taylor Smith Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and an Associate Professor of Global Health Policy in the Department of Public Policy in the UNC College of Arts & Sciences.

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