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Preventing liver damage from gene therapy treatments
May 15, 2026
School of Pharmacyโs Paul Watkins and Zhenwei Song were awarded a collaborative R01 grant, one of the most competitive and prestigious funding awards given out by NIH, to better understand liver toxicity and make certain treatments safer and more effective.
How Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) changes affect safety
May 13, 2026
Highway Safety Research Center investigators are assessing how potential changes to the GDL system, like fewer visits to DMV offices and more options to fulfill the testing requirements, could impact the safety of the N.C.โs youngest drivers and people on roadways.
School of Education’s Troy Sadler receives 2026 NARST Distinguished Contributions to Science Education through Research Award
May 11, 2026
Through decades of research on socio-scientific issues, Sadler has reshaped how science is taught and learned.
The impact of diagnostic wait time on ovarian cancer survival
May 8, 2026
Carolina researchers analyzed data from more than 2,300 North Carolina women with ovarian cancer to explore the relationship between survival and the speed of diagnosis.
Triangle CERSI announces 2026 NAMeRS awardees
May 6, 2026
The Triangle Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) announced awardees of New Approach Methodologies for Regulatory Science (NAMeRS) Roadmap Accelerator Program.
2026 Cleantech Summit draws over 1,000 attendees
May 4, 2026
Leaders from industry, government, and academia gathered at the Friday Center in March to attend this annual conference on clean energy co-hosted by the Institute for the Environment and Kenan-Flagler Business School.
OVCR Updates
Resilience Drives Discovery
April 16, 2026
COI Program Move to Annual Disclosure Model
April 13, 2026
COI Program Moving to Annual Disclosure Model
April 1, 2026
Behind the Research
UNC Chemist Megan Jackson Named a 2026 Cottrell Scholar
April 20, 2026
Megan Jackson in the Department of Chemistry has been named a 2026 Cottrell Scholar โ a prestigious recognition honoring earlyโcareer faculty who excel as both researchers and educators.
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Why more people are dropping out of the job market
Gerald Cohen, chief economist of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, discusses how aging, not discouragement, plays a larger role in the decline of working populations.
2 years after his death, a Vietnam-era Marine gets the honorable discharge he deserved
John Brooker, director of the Military and Veterans Law Clinic and professor at the UNC School of Law, discusses the clinicโs work on the case of Raymond Dick, a wrongly discharged Vietnam veteran.
Longevity isnโt just about the latest gadget. The actual keys to a longer life are in plain sight
John Batsis in the UNC School of Medicine and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health discusses the importance of improving health alongside increasing longevity.