For immediate use: Thursday, January 23, 2014   Lester Brown, founder and president of Earth Policy Institute, will deliver a free public lecture, “Peak Water: What Happens to Our Food Supply When the Wells Go Dry?,” Feb. 4 at the … Read more

Two new studies provide further evidence that schizophrenia arises from the combined effects of many genes. Dr. Patrick Sullivan of UNC is a co-author of one of the studies.   For immediate use: Wednesday, January 22, 2014   Two new … Read more

For the past two weeks, there has been intense media coverage of research conducted by a UNC employee on literacy rates among student-athletes. These reports contained numerous errors and misrepresentations with regard to the IRB status of this research. The … Read more

For Immediate Use: Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014   Douglas A. Shackelford, Meade H. Willis Distinguished Professor of Taxation and associate dean of the MBA@UNC Program, will be recommended to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees … Read more

For immediate use: Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014   The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will test its emergency sirens on Tuesday, Jan. 28, between 2 and 3 p.m. as part of Alert Carolina, a campus-wide safety awareness campaign. … Read more

For immediate use: Friday, Jan. 17, 2014     More children than ever are being diagnosed with autism, which means more parents than ever face a dizzying array of often expensive treatment options. Giving parents and professionals authoritative information is … Read more

For immediate use: Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014   Seven new startups will participate in the spring session of Launch Chapel Hill, a five-month accelerator program to support the successful launch of entrepreneurial companies.   Launch is a unique collaboration between … Read more

For immediate release: Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014   The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with several events next week.   The celebration will kick off with the annual community … Read more

For immediate use: Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014   The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has long been committed to making an education of the highest quality affordable to all. Chancellor Carol L. Folt will extend that commitment today, … Read more

For immediate use: Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014   For several years, many have been quick to attribute rising fast-food consumption as the major factor causing rapid increases in childhood obesity. Now researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel … Read more