For immediate use   UNC-Chapel Hill’s 2015 Harvey Award to fund projects focused on sickle cell disease and mental illness   (Chapel Hill, N.C. – March 29, 2016) – Faculty members from the schools of nursing and social work at … Read more

For immediate use   UNC Board of Governors selects UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Michael Crimmins for 2016 Teaching Excellence Award   (Chapel Hill, N.C.—March 17, 2016) – The Board of Governors of the 17-campus University of North Carolina has selected University of North … Read more

For immediate use   UNC-Chapel Hill researchers crack 50-year-old nuclear waste problem, make storage safer   UNC-Chapel Hill scientists figure out how to remove americium from nuclear waste pools, opening the door for expanding the use of one of the … Read more

For immediate use     UNC-Chapel Hill students traveling science roadshow visits northeastern North Carolina     (Chapel Hill, N.C. – March 14, 2016) – Two University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill second-year students will spend their spring break … Read more

For immediate use   UNC-Chapel Hill researchers make groundbreaking discovery, use skin cells to kill cancer   Skin cells turned cancer-killing stem cells hunt down and destroy the deadly remnants inevitably left behind when a brain tumor is surgically removed … Read more

For immediate use   Three UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Receive 2016 Sloan Research Fellowship The honor is given to early-career scientists who are encouraged to think big and look at complex issues with a fresh perspective   (Chapel Hill, N.C., Feb. … Read more

For immediate use     Terry Magnuson named vice chancellor for research   A renowned geneticist whose work spans disciplines will take the top research post at UNC-Chapel Hill   (Chapel Hill, N.C. – Feb. 23, 2016) – Dr. Terry … Read more

For immediate use   UNC-Chapel Hill hosts fifth annual TEDxUNC conference, Feb. 27   Event will explore issues affecting the human body, mentally, physically and spiritually and feature 14 national and local speakers, including Carolina students and faculty   (Chapel … Read more

For immediate use Director of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at UNC-Chapel Hill elected president of the Association of Science Museum Directors (Chapel Hill, N.C. – Feb. 19, 2016) – Todd Boyette, Ph.D., director of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center … Read more

For immediate use   UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine assistant professor receives $1.625M grant award from American Diabetes Association   (Chapel Hill, N.C. – Feb. 12, 2016) – Praveen Sethupathy, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Genetics in … Read more