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All Hands on Deck

Capping off a semester of hard work, students in a biological oceanography class put their lessons to the test during a two-day, hands-on field trip to the Neuse River Estuary and the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City.
CDC Awards HPDP $3.75 Million

The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention receives $3.75 million CDC grant to address the challenge of scaling up the Med-South Lifestyle Program, a Mediterranean dietary pattern for a Southeastern population.
Reducing Heat-Related Illness Among High School Football Players

UNC Injury Prevention Research Center researchers complete one of the first studies examining the effectiveness of state-mandated guidelines for reducing exertional heat illness among high school football players.
Depths of Despair among U.S. Adults Entering Midlife

Indicators of despair — depression, suicidal ideation, drug use, and alcohol abuse — are rising among Americans in their late 30s and early 40s across most demographic groups, according to new research from the UNC Carolina Population Center and Vanderbilt University.
North Carolina's Leaky Educational Pipeline

The fastest-growing jobs in North Carolina now require more education. A new report from Carolina Demography and the John M. Belk Endowment examines North Carolina students’ education outcomes at public, in-state schools and indicates gaps where interventions are needed to meet the state’s increasing need for a highly trained workforce.
Mike Piehler Takes the Helm of UNC Institute for the Environment Amid Renewed Environmental Landscape at Carolina

As the new director of the UNC Institute for the Environment, Mike Piehler will draw on his lifetime of experiences as an observer, researcher, teacher, and convener to lead an environmental convergence at Carolina to new heights.

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Robert Hummer, a Howard W. Odum Distinguished Professor of Sociology and fellow at the Carolina Population Center, teaches a course on how to integrate the social and biological sciences on November 12, 2018, on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Johnny Andrews/UNC-Chapel Hill)

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New Business Process for Budget Revisions and Prior Approvals

OSR Home News & Newsletters Join Mailing List The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) is currently in the process of updating forms used by Research Administrators to improve efficiency. The first improvements are to the Budget Revisions and Institutional Prior … Continued
Uncovering Mysteries of the Universe

Pa Chia Thao arrived at Carolina with two big goals: to find a community of Tar Heels working to advance astronomy, and to support the representation of women and minorities in the scientific field.
Tuned into Neuroscience
One Size Won’t Fit All
Soldering Learning Leaks
The Known Unknowns
Budgeting Fringe Benefits and Fixed Health Insurance Rates for FY 2020

Due to a veto of the proposed FY 2019-2020 budget for the State of North Carolina, the annual update to fringe benefits and health insurance rates for sponsored projects has not occurred. The Office of Sponsored Research has elected to … Continued
NIH Changes to Fetal Human Tissue Research

Effective for all NIH proposals due after September 25, 2019 the HHS requirements and review considerations proposed involving the use of human fetal tissue obtained from elective abortions (HFT) has changed per NIH NOT-OD-19-128. These requirements are in addition to … Continued
A Journalistic Paradox

When newspapers cut costs, the quality of reporting decreases — and the paper makes a profit. But is this sustainable? Check out this WRAL article, which cites studies by the School of Media and Journalism, to find out more.
Rhythmic Research

Can dance help people with diabetes? An undergrad Bollywood-fusion dance group wanted to find out. Through an eight-week workshop, they worked with adults to quantitatively assess the effect of dance on body image — and found some neat results.
The Sky’s the Limit

This fall, UNC faculty members will participate in a course led by the Institute for the Environment on the capabilities of drones for data collection and environmental research.

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