Troy Blackburn (B.A. exercise and sport science ’98, Ph.D. human movement science ’04) is a professor of exercise and sport science and associate dean of the Office for Undergraduate Research. He says becoming involved in undergraduate research at Carolina “literally … Read more

At the beginning of the semester, I took a field trip to the North Carolina coast to attend Rachel Noble’s undergraduate class, “Human Impacts on Estuarine Processes.” We toured the Rachel Carson Coastal Estuarine Reserve via a flat-bottomed skiff, and … Read more

Jim Tanner is certified as an agent by the NBA and has represented multiple former Tar Heels as clients. Of the dozens of athletes, coaches and broadcasters he has represented as a sports agent, Jim Tanner (B.A. English ’90) said … Read more

Maury Hanson Jr. (Ph.D. ’88) was no ordinary doctoral candidate. In fact, he was already a medical doctor when he arrived in Chapel Hill to study classics. After specializing in neurosurgery at Cornell University, Hanson spent his career as a … Read more

An international online course connects students from three universities to explore how theater-makers can adapt, recover and thrive amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The first page of the syllabus for Adam Versényi’s undergraduate international theater course features this 1933 quote from … Read more

PlayMakers Repertory Company’s 45th season has been a season like no other. Amid a global pandemic, when other theaters were shutting down, the company programmed its first virtual season. With the theme “All Too Human,” artists have tapped into their … Read more

New faculty in the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship are bringing their backgrounds in public policy and creative teaching methods to help students learn how to think like an entrepreneur, and how to turn opportunity into possibility. Students in the Shuford … Read more

A diverse team of researchers is addressing the long-term impact of extreme weather. The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season broke records on multiple levels. While the season usually runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, the first two storms — Arthur … Read more

Two up-and-coming companies receiving support through the KickStart Accelerator in the Genome Sciences Building aim to revolutionize markets for medical imaging devices and laboratory products that extract DNA. While many established businesses slowed down at the onset of the pandemic … Read more

UNC-Chapel Hill chemists are leading an effort to make next-generation liquid fuels directly from sunlight and air. Carolina chemists are leading a multi-institutional effort to probe whether a new generation of sustainable fuels can be made by artificially accelerating the … Read more