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The Optimistic Nutritionist
Saroja Voruganti uses genetics to improve people’s nutrition — and she’s helping the next generation of scientists do the same.
2022-2023 Endeavors Magazine
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.
Burdens of Paradise
A broad study looking at food and water insecurity in the Galápagos brings together a team of researchers to focus on an often-overlooked population.
Crouching Researcher, Hidden Sparrow
Four students spent their summer in Colorado stalking Lincoln’s sparrows in search of answers to fundamental biological questions.
The Coastal Engineer
Since 1987, Rick Luettich has been building systems to protect the coast from environmental hazards and extreme weather events.
Slowly, Then All at Once
Shekinah Elmore’s road to radiation oncology was long, exhausting, and unexpected.
Infusing Hope for Hemophilia
A gene therapy clinical trial for hemophilia shows promise and could be approved by the FDA later this year — a feat made possible, in part, by UNC-Chapel Hill’s 70-year-old research program
Roots of Afro-Latin Rhythms
In each episode of the Mix(ed)tape Podcast, researchers Melissa Villodas and Andrés Hincapié speak to Black dancers, choreographers, musicians, and academics about the roots of various Afro-Latin rhythms, the role of dance and music in identity formation, and how racism manifests in the Afro-Latin dance scene.