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Sci-Why

March 29, 2017

Research is messy, nonlinear and rewarding. New courses let students learn that firsthand.

Creating student scientists: A five-year plan

March 29, 2017

A five-year, campus-wide learning initiative launched this spring aims to transform UNC’s undergraduate science experience — with more opportunities for hands-on research and collaboration and experiences to help students hone their analytical and problem-solving skills to tackle real-world problems.

Barbershop Talk

March 29, 2017

Program provides welcome spaces — haircuts sometimes included — for men of color to navigate UNC.

BME i4 contest weds innovation, entrepreneurship

March 29, 2017

A competition offered annually by the biomedical engineering program, a joint department between UNC and NC State, helps students transform those ideas into real-world applications, with advice from experts in business, law and manufacturing.

Alumnus’ gift supports faculty and student innovation

September 20, 2016

Steve Kapp ’81 (MBA ’90) is among the first donors to the College of Arts and Sciences to establish a Dean’s Innovation Fund to support a range of academic disciplines, including biomedical engineering, applied physical sciences, the Be A Maker (BeAM) initiative and the minor in entrepreneurship program.

Broadway breakthrough

September 20, 2016

Max von Essen ’96 received a Tony nomination for his role as Henri in “An American in Paris” on Broadway.

Shedding light

September 20, 2016

Physicist Amy Oldenburg uses noninvasive biomedical optics to see inside tissue.