A memorial service for Lt. Col. John W. Collins, who had been chair of the department of aerospace studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and commander of Air Force ROTC Detachment 590, will be held Sept. 9 from 3 to 5 p.m. in Gerrard Hall.
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If senior Julia Ossey were a contestant on Jeopardy, her ideal category would be “American Presidents.” Ossey spent three years at UNC under the tutelage of political science professor Terry Sullivan, researching the daily schedules of presidents.
Julia Ossey ’15: Taking a look into the daily life of the president Read More »
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will come together at a common table when it examines food and food studies as its 2015-2017 university-wide academic theme. “Food for All: Local and Global Perspectives,” which builds on Carolina’s 2012-2015 “Water in Our World.”
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UNC researchers are making waves — literally — with groundbreaking advancements in sound technology.
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Next Level hip-hop artists will present at a pop-up performance between classes from 12:05 p.m. to 12:20 p.m. Wed. April 15 in the James and Florence Peacock Atrium at the FedEx Global Education Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Process Series at UNC closes its 2014-15 season with a performance featuring Pierce Freelon, co-founder of Beat Making Lab, and an array of collaborators from the U.S. and Panama.
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Through Media and the Movement, assistant professor Seth Kotch hopes to give a glimpse into the experiences of everyday people and activists from the civil rights era. He is creating a digital archive of broadcasts from black activist radio stations from the 1960s and ’70s.
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Pancreatic cancer cells are notorious for being protected by a fortress of tissue, making it difficult to deliver drugs to either shrink the tumor or stop its growth. Now researchers at UNC have developed a device that could change all that.
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When it comes to fighting disease, bacteria do it better. Not just antibiotics, but immunosuppressants, anti-fungal creams, some drugs for malaria, and many anti-cancer agents come from compounds made by bacteria.
“Bacteria don’t get malaria. They don’t get cancer,” says UNCbiologist Elizabeth Shank. “We don’t really know what bacteria are doing when they make these things.”
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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 »
