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Sustainable Carolina

Within the framework of Carolina Next: Innovations for Public Good, a new comprehensive initiative is moving Carolina's sustainability efforts forward.

Where the Water Will Rise

Alumni Distinguished Professor Rick Luettich is shedding light on past hurricanes while providing the tools to predict which areas will be most vulnerable to flooding in the future.

Resilience, not Reaction

“It is more effective to fund resilience strategies than it is to rebuild after damage occurs," said Piehler, who is leading a $2 million research study.

Working Together to Protect the Coast

Interdisciplinary experts at Carolina are advancing decision-making around flooding.

The 3 E’s: Environment, Economics and Engineering

Researching the intersection of environment, economics and engineering

Sustainability in Higher Education

Carolina is leading the world in clean water and sanitation efforts, according to the 2020 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.

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Preparing the Workforce for Economic Recovery

The ncIMPACT Initiative is partnering with myFutureNC to better align North Carolina's education system with the needs of the economy.

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Reckoning with Carolina History

“There’s a lot of trauma embedded in this history.”

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Carolina Scientists Earn Prestigious Keck Award

UNC-Chapel Hill scientists were awarded $1 million from the W.M. Keck Foundation to answer the age-old question: How did life on Earth begin?

Giving Local Governments A Boost

New initiative builds professional skills for future leaders of local governments

Where Faculty Startups Start Out

New space on campus will provide faculty with a collaborative place to grow their companies

Environmental Factors and Human Health

A Chancellor’s Science Scholar is researching the intersection between the environment and human health.

New speaker series will promote constructive discourse

$8 million gift to fund speaker series in the UNC Program for Public Discourse.

Data-Driven Confidence

New digital tool that offers county-level insight and answers

Muting Genetic Mutations

Cancer survivor kickstarts research for a cure

Building Smarter, Breathing Easier

Using Carolina resources to solve our latest problems

Adapting Health Care

Adjusting health care to be cognizant of trauma survivors

Understanding Gaps

Debt, Doubt and Dreams: Understanding the Latino College Completion Gap

Engaging Community through Science

Covid-response collaborative blends data science with community wisdom

Change through Music

Creating community-centered social change through music

Strengthening the Innovator Community

CUBE expands its community through a new partnership

Philosophy as Public Service

Bringing philosophy to correctional facilities

Connecting Carolina to Students and Educators across the State

"This university is a public university that truly serves everyone, not just itself.”

‘Heroes Health’ Mental Wellness App Launched By UNC School Of Medicine And UNC Health

“First responders and health care workers are facing a lot of challenges right now.”

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Working Together across the Atlantic

“It’s so important to find a way to … make music together right now.”

UNC Health Mobile Health Clinic

See how the UNC Mobile Health Clinic is increasing access to COVID-19 testing in underserved areas — and at no cost to patients.

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New partnership ‘a huge public service’

UNC Adams School of Dentistry and MAHEC are aligning education and public service to bring oral health care to rural populations.

Testing a Vaccine

The medical director of the HIV Cure Center is leading a clinical research team to conduct a large phase 3 trial for a COVID-19 vaccine.

Launching into the Future

Major gift expands access to Launch Chapel Hill innovation space

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Four Premier Dental Schools Form Global Alliance

The new DentAlliance partners will collaborate globally to transform education, research, and professional practice in dentistry and oral and craniofacial health sciences.

Serving North Carolinians

“If it makes North Carolina better, it’s worth it.”

A Bridge to Success, across Generations

Summer Bridge helped a pediatrician get a solid start at Carolina.

Saving a Species

Helping prepare giant tortoises for the wild.

A One-Stop Shop

“Carolina is literally a lab-bench-to-bedside one-stop shop.”

Diamond Holloman, a PhD candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill, listens to Malinda Maynor Lowery, co-director of Southern futures at a meeting in a community center in Robeson County.

The Human Side of Research

An interdisciplinary team of humanities students and faculty are documenting climate change in Robeson County.

An Unprecedented Study

Ensuring vulnerable populations are not overlooked.

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Expanding Nanotechnology Access

Bringing national acclaim and nanotechnology resources to our region.

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Creating a Destination for African Art

Reggie and Celeste Hodges are preserving their extensive collection of African art.

Connection Between Health Crises

Obesity linked with higher risk for COVID-19 complications

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Creating a One-Stop Food Hub

Connecting communities with access to local food during the COVID-19 pandemic

Unlocking Genetics

‘I’ve got to find answers.’

Sustaining Families in the Galapagos Islands

UNC Center for Galapagos Studies is reactivating the Galapagos economy through science, community and work.

Uncovering a Hidden Allergy

Researching anomalies to improve the lives of many

Small Patients, Small Doses

Bringing safety and assurance that currently doesn’t exist

Grateful patient and husband establish breast cancer research fund

Ensuring access to the most advanced care

Working Together Successfully

Carolina's expertise in HIV research provides hope for tackling COVID-19.

Molecular approaches to detect and mitigate COVID-19

Research support to capture and disable coronavirus spikes

Department of Energy funds milestone for North Carolina

A $40 million award will accelerate fundamental research of the production of fuels from sunlight.

Grant goes to suicide prevention treatment

Using “mixed reality” in treating teens with suicidal thoughts and behaviors

N.C. Policy Collaboratory distributes $29 million for COVID-19 research

Funding 85 projects across 14 UNC System schools

The art of giving

Donation of three paintings worth $12.1 million will transform the Ackland Art Museum’s permanent collection of post-war and contemporary art.

Grant arms UNC-Chapel Hill with technology to accelerate COVID-19 research

A game-changing grant in a global pandemic

‘Heroes Health’ mental wellness app launched by School of Medicine and UNC Health

Helping frontline workers better understand the state of their own mental health

Creating Better Days During the Pandemic

Useful findings on resilience and happiness

Engraving from the Florence Fearrington collection at UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries

The gift of wonder: Rare book collection coming to Carolina

Rare book collection worth $6.2 million donated to the University Libraries

Preparing for environmental threats

A new center at Carolina’s Institute for the Environment is helping communities better prepare and plan for hurricanes and future risks posed by climate change.

The Homebound Project: Helping Hungry Kids

Raising money to help feed children affected by COVID-19

The Importance of Face Masks

Limiting the transmission of COVID-19

Proud Pulitzer Prize Winners

Six UNC Hussman alumni win 2020 Pulitzer Prizes

Mobilizing to Help

Drawing from expertise to mobilize in response to COVID-19

Collaboration leads to early identification

The potential to identify autism in infancy

A scientific game changer

Editing along ethical boundaries

The Ecologist of Infectious Diseases

Looking at the riskiest factors of COVID-19 transmission

Deepening Our Understanding

Using next generation sequencing to better understand COVID-19

Accelerating COVID-19 Research

A new fund will provide immediate support to Carolina’s COVID-19 research teams.

Selfless Science

UNC and NASA collaborate to study COVID-19

Public Policy to Save Lives

“Until we come up with a vaccine … policies will determine what happens.”

What They’re Trained For

Speeding the development of emergency ventilators.

Hussman Students change gears due to COVID-19

Showcasing the ability to change

Supporting a ‘Gem of a Museum’

Carolina alumnus Smith Freeman is adding to the Ackland Art Museum’s collection and supporting its multidisciplinary programming.

Protecting Pediatric Patients

Creating pediatric masks for UNC Health

Spreading Coronavirus Research

The research of Carolina’s top coronavirus efforts is now easily accessible online.

Remdesivir proves effective

“Game-Changer” treatment for patients with COVID-19

Monitoring asymptomatic COVID-19 cases

Partnering with state and local agencies to assess COVID-19 prevalence

Stressed and Anxious?

Tips from Clinical Psychology Professor Jon Abramowitz

Honoring UNC’s Essential Workers

A glimpse of how UNC’s essential workers are shifting their focus for COVID-19

Addressing the COVID-19 infection rate of household members

A study led by Jessica Lin, an infectious disease researcher at UNC, is addressing the COVID-19 infection rate of household members.

Working Together to Transform Lives

“We have probably the best group of autism researchers in the nation right here at UNC."

In Search of the Most Effective COVID-19 Therapeutics

Ralph Baric and his team are testing hundreds of existing compounds against COVID-19 for researchers and labs across the world, in search of the most effective therapeutics.

Testing Water Systems for COVID-19

UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Rachel Noble is studying the transmissibility of COVID-19 through water and the environment.

Monitoring Disease through Social Media

Can social media help track the spread of disease?

Teledentistry to the Rescue

New access to virtual dental services

Lending a Helping Hand

Physician assistant studies student using 3D printing to enhance PPE during COVID-19

Tiny particles, big discoveries

Will Vizuete captures aerosols from around the world and brings them back for testing in his lab to improve our understanding of how air pollution forms.