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Designing Winners
The Sports Analytics and Intelligence Lab teaches Carolina undergraduates how statistics can bolster athletic success.
Game-Changing Climate
Jessica Murfree studies how climate change is reshaping sports and explores how athletes, fans, and institutions can respond.
Reading the Game
Gedas Bertasius teaches machines to understand video the way humans do — reshaping how we see athletic performance and skill.
Communication After Concussion
Kennedy Kehaulani Guess is investigating speech and communication disorders caused by traumatic brain injuries in athletes and veterans.
Researcher Q&As
RUNC: Hank Corbett
The research scientist is building software and instruments for the biggest telescope in the world.
Rooted: JJ Bauer
The art history professor has helped shape the way Carolina preserves, studies, and teaches art.
Rooted: Deb Aikat
The journalism professor probes how generative AI is rewriting the rules of a free and democratic press.