Around Campus
UNC-Chapel Hill earns top national rankings for graduate education
April 29, 2026
U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 “Best Graduate Schools” list names multiple Carolina programs in national top 10.
Welcome to vibe coding and pumping the brakes
April 27, 2026
Carolina’s first AI for Public Good Conference offered cutting edge views on the future of artificial intelligence to nearly 600 attendees.
A breakthrough in pediatric brain cancer
April 23, 2026
The School of Pharmacy’s structural genomics consortium has advanced medication options for rare brain tumors.
CRISPR Screening Facility supercharges impactful research
April 20, 2026
Using Carolina’s turnkey, state-of-the-art technologies, academic investigators and biopharma companies can interrogate the whole genome to decipher biology and search for novel drug targets.
SOM among top five public universities to receive NIH funding in 2025
April 17, 2026
Many of the basic science departments rank in the top 10 in National Institutes of Health funding for federal fiscal year 2025 and 10 clinical departments rank in the top 30.
Identifying gaps in N.C.’s behavioral health professions
April 15, 2026
The Sheps Center has released the first comprehensive look at North Carolina’s mental health and substance use services workforce, offering critical data to guide statewide policy and planning.
Empowering educators with evidence-based AI
April 13, 2026
FPG Child Development Institute researchers received $3.6 million to develop an AIpowered project that helps educators identify the most effective evidencebased practices for every student with autism, improving access to personalized instructional strategies.
School of Pharmacy’s Denise Rhoney receives AACP Distinguished Teaching Scholar Award
April 10, 2026
Rhoney teaches within the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education and designs learning experiences that build clinical reasoning, judgment, and adaptability, helping students learn how to approach problems rather than memorize solutions.
A scalable approach to safer medication use in older adults
April 8, 2026
Researchers from SOM and the School of Pharmacy examine using centralized consultant pharmacists to help clinicians taper opioids or benzodiazepines when appropriate.
TraCS announces 2026 cohort for junior faculty development program
April 6, 2026
The Gene Orringer Junior Faculty Career Development Program (TraCS K12) is pleased to announce the names of our new cohort of CTSA K12 Scholars, who will be starting their appointments on July 1, 2026.