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Meet the 2022-2024 CPPFD Fellows
September 1, 2022
UNC-Chapel Hill is pleased to announce the 2022-2024 Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity (CPPFD) Fellows.
Inviting Controlled Chaos into Drug Synthesis
August 11, 2022
Pedro de Jesús Cruz’s tenacious pursuit of organic chemistry research has led to a potentially transformative proof-of-concept in drug synthesis that could transform large-scale manufacturing.
Still Breaking Records – UNC-Chapel Hill Research Funding Tops $1.2 Billion
July 27, 2022
Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill continues to grow, bringing in more than $1.2 billion in funding awards during Fiscal Year 2022. This is the third year in a row that research awards have topped $1 billion, facilitating research projects and experiments for external sponsors like federal agencies, industry partners, and ... Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. A&T Researchers Partner to Tackle Critical Issues in NC with New Award
June 9, 2022
The inaugural winning teams of the Looking Forward funding program - co-created by Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Chancellor Harold L. Martin of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University - have been announced.
Capturing the Real-Time Human Experience in Ukraine
April 20, 2022
In his role as co-editor for the Society for Cultural Anthropology, UNC-Chapel Hill anthropology professor Christopher Nelson helped create two series capturing the thoughts and feelings of anthropologists in Ukraine and Russia in the weeks following Russia’s invasion.
Introducing Our New Vice Chancellor, Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen
April 5, 2022
Professor Penny Gordon-Larsen was appointed interim vice chancellor for research on March 14, 2022. She is trained as a human biologist whose research focuses on issues related to ethnicity, disparities, and development of obesity over the lifecycle, with attention to pathways linking environment and behavior to cardiometabolic risk.
Opening Doors through Data
March 14, 2022
The UNC School of Data Science and Society is slated to open in Fall 2020. Jay Aikat, RENCI's chief operating officer, discusses its origins and why data science is so vital in today's world.
The Difficulties of Ensuring “One Person, One Vote”
December 1, 2021
North Carolina’s General Assembly passed new legislative maps on November 6, and there’s already a lawsuit about them. Why are we redistricting, what role does the census play, and how is Carolina Demography educating people about the process?
Newest Cohort of CPPFD Fellows Named, Magnuson and Tan to Oversee Program
October 6, 2021
From addressing health care disparities to studying endangered languages, the newest cohort of Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity fellows are researching pressing topics in the world today.
Levees Improved by UNC Researcher Succeed Against Hurricane Ida
September 13, 2021
On Sunday August 29th, Hurricane Ida made landfall in New Orleans as a Category 4 hurricane, but thanks to the work of UNC researcher Rick Luettich and others, the levees held and water damage was greatly minimized. ADCIRC is a computer program co-developed by Luettich and researchers from the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, Coastal Resilience Center for Excellence, and the Renaissance Computing Institute. It helps determine what coastal oceans will ... Read more