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Eye-Opening Innovations

Wei You stands in a chemistry lab, and his reflection is mirrored on the shiny concrete floor.

Chemist Wei You’s second startup company is using polymers to create drug delivery systems for eye diseases.

Boldly Breaking Barriers

Sam Lai

Sam Lai has founded multiple startups by studying underexplored processes in the body — like mucus production.

Building Living Machines

Ronit Freeman

Ronit Freeman uses nature’s building blocks to create innovative technologies, from synthetic cells to treatments that could transform health care.

Fired Up for RNA

Chad Pecot

Chad Pecot is revolutionizing RNA therapies for cancer through his company EnFuego Therapeutics and the new UNC RNA Discovery Center.

RUNC: Kumi Silva

Kumi Silva

Kumi Silva studies how love and hate are intertwined.

RUNC: Samuel Ellington

Samuel Ellington

Samuel Ellington uses math to evaluate events and behaviors.

RUNC: Alita Miller

Alita Miller

Alita Miller engineers probiotics to treat gut diseases.

RUNC: Sourav Kumar Patra

Sourav Kumar Patra in the lab

Sourav Kumar Petra studies the evolution of protein creation and function.

Between Two Worlds

Oswaldo Estrada sits on a brick step while posing for a portrait.

Through fiction, Oswaldo Estrada bridges cultures and languages, illuminating resilience and hope in the journey of immigration.

Unmasking Ugliness

Al Duncan holds a Roman mask

Al Duncan has spent the last 15 years exploring why humans are drawn to the unpleasant and uncomfortable aspects of life.

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