Office of Research Communications

The annual Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement have been awarded to four promising faculty members who exemplify groundbreaking and innovative research along with future career promise.

A research team developed a compound that triggers long-lasting anti-depressant action without the hallucinogenic effects.

Erik Willis has received a grant from the Alzheimer’s Association to pilot a multi-level intervention that aims to increase physical activity for individuals in adult supervised care settings.

Al Segars knows how to help businesses succeed. He’s using that knowledge to help companies implement a research-driven approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) that is achieving results.

A new fund is enabling faculty in the UNC School of Education to advance their research and to build community.

The research sheds light on infection rates among undergraduate groups and suggests strategies for reducing college transmission.

Dean Stan Ahalt and an implementation team are busy building opportunities to learn about and leverage data.

This transformational gift from William and Dana Starling seeks to reduce the morbidity and mortality of suicide in patients seen across the UNC Health system and beyond.

Researchers find that highlighting commonalities and reducing extremist voices in the news media are among the ways to help overcome division.