Not for publication Media invited to cover the best coiffed Falls Prevention Week and health awareness kickoff in North Carolina (Chapel Hill, N.C.—September 18, 2015) – North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory has declared September 21-26, 2015, Falls Prevention Awareness Week. … Read more

For immediate use    Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center to kick off Peace Film Series with ‘Living in Emergency” on Sept. 25   (Chapel Hill, N.C.— Sept. 15, 2015) – The Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center will kick off its Peace Film … Read more

News Release: [URL]   For immediate use   UNC Smart Cells Teach Neurons Damaged by Parkinson’s to Heal Themselves Scientists at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy are creating white blood cells that teach brain cells to heal the damage … Read more

For immediate use   Associate Director of the National Library of Medicine Valerie Florance to speak on workforce and research needs for biomedical big data at UNC-Chapel Hill on Sept. 25   Florance will discuss new biomedical big data initiatives … Read more

For immediate use   Zhen Gu Named to MIT Technology Review’s Top Innovators Under 35. Biomedical engineering researcher makes his mark on delivery systems that could revolutionize care for cancer and diabetes   (Chapel Hill, N.C.—August 18, 2015) Zhen Gu, … Read more

News Release: [URL] For immediate use   Causes of low birth weight extend much further back than pregnancy Study is first to tie low birth weight to factors three generations deep (Chapel Hill, N.C.—August 18, 2015) – A woman’s weight … Read more

For immediate use UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing launches website that assists families of children with chronic conditions Website synthesizes data from thousands of studies to help families, care providers and researchers   (Chapel Hill, N.C. – August 12, … Read more

A hormone determines which microbes colonizes the roots of a popular plant   Soil is crowded with bacteria and fungi. Tens of thousands of different species can inhabit the same space, and for a plant that grows in the midst … Read more

For immediate use   University, Dental Foundation establish Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha Memorial Award   (Chapel Hill, N.C.—June 18, 2015) – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Dental Foundation of North Carolina (DFNC) have established … Read more

For immediate use   UNC-Chapel Hill and GSK announce novel partnership to accelerate search for HIV cure   Unique public-private collaboration will create HIV Cure center and a new company to bring together academic and pharmaceutical research scientists   (Chapel … Read more