UNC Program in Nicaragua Director Sylvia Becker-Dreps shares why she became a physician, what drew her to research childhood infectious diseases in Nicaragua, and how she unwinds when she’s not at work.

UNC has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, along with three other cooperative research centers, to identify a vaccine for chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections.

UNC city & regional planner Nichola Lowe researches the processes and practices that contribute to more equitable forms of regional economic development and labor market adjustment.

This semester, UNC senior Annie McDarris participated in a capstone class through the Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program that examined well water contamination and environmental justice in N.C.’s northern piedmont.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a team of UNC researchers $14 million to develop affordable ultrasound devices and study childbirth in developing nations.

Knee injuries are tough, especially if that injury requires surgery. New research from biomedical engineers at UNC and NC State could help people avoid knee replacements by “bioprinting” tissues using the patient’s own cells.

UNC School of Nursing doctoral candidate Karen Sheffield studies the long-term health effects of psychological trauma, anxiety, and depression on women’s health and birth outcomes.

When junior biology major Carly Onnink said that she wanted to experience true field research, she wasn’t kidding around. Her task? Spend two months identifying the origin of the ice in Alaska’s Juneau Icefield.

For over 200 years, generations of African Americans earned their livelihoods from Rocky Mount Mills. As it reopens as a mixed-use development, the UNC Community Histories Workshop is keeping the community’s memories alive with its digital archive.

UNC sophomore Allison Duprey uses drones to study how baleen whales spend and conserve energy while deep diving for krill.