Source: https://research.unc.edu/counties/macon/
Macon
UNC Research Overall Stats
- 10th in Federal Research Expenditures Nationally
- 13th in Overall Research Expenditures Nationally
- 1st in Best Value for Public Colleges
10th
in Federal Research Expenditures Nationally
13th
in Overall Research Expenditures Nationally
1st
in Best Value for Public Colleges
Over $1.2B in Annual Research Expenditures from All Sources
UNC Researchʼs Impact on Macon
$1311583 in sustained investment for research projects benefitting Macon County, FY 19-23
- 15 Undergraduate Students Will Participate in Research Activity
- 4 Research Projects (FY23)
- 6 Residents Employed by UNC Research (FY22)
15
Undergraduate Students Will Participate in Research Activity
FY23
4
Research Projects
FY22
6
Residents Employed by UNC Research
Projects Benefitting Macon County
- With funding from the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health promotes healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments in early care and education settings through child care health consultation.
- With funding from Duke University, the UNC School of Medicine runs a free telephone consultation and education program called NC-PAL to help health care providers address the behavioral health needs of pediatric and perinatal patients.
News
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UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy receives grant from the McKesson Foundation to help close diversity gap and improve health outcomes
The funding will support diversity and rural care programs at the school and throughout North Carolina.
https://pharmacy.unc.edu/2022/11/mckesson/
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Wild things make their hearts sing
While studying small mammals in the Blue Ridge Mountains, juniors Marie Young and Cole Prezant discover a love for field work.
https://endeavors.unc.edu/wild-things-make-their-hearts-sing/
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Is Your Well Water Safe to Drink? Law Students Are Helping NC Homebuyers and Residents Find Out
Students in the Pro Bono Program at UNC School of Law are working on a multi-year, multi-pronged effort aimed at providing North Carolinians with the informational tools they need to assess the safety of their well water.
https://law.unc.edu/news/2021/10/well-water-testing-pro-bono-project/
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Surveying the Smalls
Local biologists team up to study how wetland mitigation affects small mammals.
https://endeavors.unc.edu/surveying-the-smalls/
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SURF grant advances UNC microplastics research in western North Carolina
Last year, UNC-Chapel Hill junior Chloe Hall received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), which she used to continue her research that began in the fall of 2021 at the Highlands Field Site. Her studies focus on microplastics in local rivers and she looks for correlations between storm events and microplastic concentrations in these freshwater systems.
https://ie.unc.edu/2023/05/23/surf-grant-advances-unc-microplastics-research-in-western-north-carolina/