Creating symbiosis between humans and AI. Your child’s brain on plastics. Poems as gateways to other worlds.

A NASA satellite measuring Earth’s water. A biostatistician using mathematical models to improve clinical trials for neurodegenerative diseases. A PhD student studying the cultural history of vanilla at the New York Botanical Garden.

A professor who specializes in psychoneuroimmunology. A marimba player who uses music to connect to and communicate with others. A virologist developing a new technique for treating infections that could help us quickly respond to future pandemics.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers combine their expertise in human health, ecology, and urban planning to help vulnerable communities prepare for the next generation of extreme weather events. An organic chemist harnesses the power of plants to advance drug development. An English professor documents obscure writers and scholars who have made critical and long-lasting contributions to the literary world.

UNC-Chapel Hill researchers do a little bit of everything — from tackling nationwide issues of racism and disparities, to unpacking the ethical implications of gene-editing, to preserving an Asian language at risk of disappearing. And now, many are pivoting their studies to address a global pandemic.

Print copies of UNC Research Stories and its predecessor Endeavors can be browsed all the way back to 1984 at our archival site.