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Building resilience for storm-battered N.C.
A diverse team of researchers is addressing the long-term impact of extreme weather.
Jump-starting startups
Two up-and-coming companies are receiving support through the KickStart Accelerator in the Genome Sciences Building.
Chasing sunlight
UNC-Chapel Hill chemists are leading an effort to make next-generation liquid fuels directly from sunlight and air.
Where Science Meets Solutions
Interdisciplinary faculty research designed to tackle compelling problems is finding support from the Institute for Convergent Science in the Genome Sciences Building on campus.
A pandemic shapes a modeler’s research vision
Professor Serhan Ziya is applying his expertise in operations research to help hospitals and emergency departments during the current pandemic.
The Great Pivot
When classes once again shifted to remote delivery in fall 2020, faculty across the College of Arts & Sciences say they were better prepared for it.
A Poet’s Southern Atlas
Poet Tyree Daye's newest collection, "Cardinal," explores themes of the Great Migration through his lens as a Black man navigating away from — and returning to — the place he calls home.
Southern Futures: Chief Hope Officer
UNC alumnus William J. “Bill” Bynum leads a family of organizations named HOPE that is working to strengthen some of the South’s most economically distressed communities.
Southern Futures: Cultural activism and the fate of Johns Island
Madd Heartley turned her interest in folk music into a project that explores the impact of civil rights activists on the development of Johns Island, South Carolina.
Southern Futures: Exploring intersections of class and race in Green Valley
Moriah James studies the historically Black community of Green Valley in Arlington, Virginia. She wants to highlight the success of local entrepreneurs.
Southern Futures: Vulnerable lives on the Matanzas River
Anna Hamilton's multimedia project, Matanzas Voices, documents the lives of people along the Matanzas River in St. Augustine, Florida.
Southern Futures: Voices of resilience and recovery in Robeson County
Ph.D. candidate Diamond Holloman leads a Southern Futures project that examines the impact of climate change through the lens of environmental humanities.
Southern Futures: Diverse voices for a changing region
Southern Futures is a new campuswide initiative that supports cutting-edge scholarship, creative endeavors and thoughtful conversations across disciplines.
The Frog Family
Every summer, biologists Karin and David Pfennig, along with their daughters, conduct fieldwork on spadefoot toads.