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Mapping Teen Minds
Casey Calhoun transforms lab-based research into tech-driven tools for teen mental health.
Elevating Environmental Insights
Susan Cohen uses drones to give students hands-on experience in cutting-edge environmental research.
Mentorship in Motion
Pedro Sáenz’s lab is making waves with math, transforming invisible phenomena into visual experiments to improve our understanding of physics.
RUNC: Evan Calabria
Evan Calabria explores how blue crabs could impact North Carolina’s coastal meadows.
Data for Disaster Recovery
Esha Singaraju is developing algorithms to help predict the amount of aid homeowners in North Carolina might receive following natural disasters.
Blueprints for Better Medicine
Colin Chen combines science and empathy to decode deadly brain tumors and engineer life-changing tools for kids with disabilities.
Rethinking Science Communication
Sophia Vona studies how the public perceives antimicrobial resistance — and what changing the narrative means for the future of research.
Restless Skies
Anish Aradhey explores how stars and galaxies evolve — and what they can teach us about the universe.
Rooted: Jim Mahaney
Jim Mahaney is the director of engineering and research in the UNC Department of Computer Science. He has been contributing to research at Carolina for 28 years.
Casting Lines, Catching Data
Sally Dowd blends scientific data with angler observations to protect ocean predators, the ecosystems they support, and the communities that depend on them.