The FPG Child Development Institute will grow the knowledge base around STEM in early childhood through a new, five-year award, the Center for the Advancement of Early STEM Education (CAESE).
Barbara Sostaita is a PhD student in the Department of Religious Studies within the UNC College of Arts & Sciences. Her research focuses on how sanctuary is being reimagined in response to contemporary immigration issues.
The Apple Watch is in use by scientists across the country to monitor health. Now, UNC researchers are aiming to see how well the device can track eating disorders, giving a watch to each study participant to monitor heart rate.
It’s hardly a secret that news deserts are spreading, but just how bad is it? A study from the UNC School of Media and Journalism shows that far more U.S. communities have totally lost news coverage than previously known.
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has become the Community Histories Workshop Performing Artist-in-Residence, bringing a new creative energy to the transformation of the 308-acre site of Dorothea Dix Hospital.
A UNC study found that black women were more likely than white women to have difficulty affording and taking endocrine therapy, a 10-year treatment. “I think we can do a better job supporting women,” the lead author of the study says.
Students tend to underestimate how much time their peers spent studying for an upcoming exam which correlates with their own study time and ultimate grade, suggesting that what they perceive as normal influences their study decisions.
UNC’s Lisa Carey received a $400,000 grant to evaluate how tumors respond to targeted therapies. Komen also awarded $725,000 to support the Carolina Breast Cancer Study Phase 3, one of the largest population-based studies of women with breast cancer.
Beyond carving a path as a woman in a top spot in the medical world, Melina Kibbe is also on a mission for sex equity in research, dedicated to making drugs safer for women while developing new vascular surgical technologies.
Anita Brown-Graham is a UNC School of Government professor focused on creating opportunities and removing barriers to work-based economic prospects, particularly for residents in distressed communities.