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Faculty and Scholarship

The 21st-Century Professoriate is collaborative, creative and committed to serving the people of our state and beyond. They are high-achieving, interdisciplinary scholars pursuing high-potential, high-reward research with a global reach.

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FACULTY AND SCHOLARSHIP

The 21st-Century Professoriate

Our faculty are collaborative, creative and committed to serving the people of our state and beyond. Their scholarship spans disciplines in pursuit of high-potential, high-reward research with a global reach.


 

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Faculty Support

Early Career Excellence

UNC faculty honored with ​​2023 Cottrell Scholar Award

Marisa Marraccini smiling for a photograph
Faculty Support

Program to create improved social media resources for adolescent mental health receives C. Felix Harvey Award

The $75,000 award recognizes exemplary faculty who reflect the University’s commitment to innovative engagement and outreach that addresses real-world challenges.

New faculty in UNC Hussman bring expertise in business journalism
Faculty Support

Bolstering Business Acumen

New faculty in UNC Hussman bring expertise in business journalism

Portrait of Dr. David J. Weber
Faculty Support

Dr. Weber Keeps it Simple

Dr. David J. Weber’s epidemic expertise informed University safety throughout the pandemic

Dr. Sheikh examines a patient with health care professionals taking notes in the background.
Faculty Support

Doing What She Loves

“I feel humbled and grateful to hold the Linda Coley Sewell Distinguished Professorship."

Rebecca Fry leans agains a shelf in the Fry Lab.
Faculty Support

Angling for Solutions

Rebecca Fry’s lab is one of the first to study the effects of prenatal exposure to toxic metals as it relates to the epigenome.

A group shot of Owen Fenton and his team in the Fenton Lab
Faculty Support

Attracting Expertise

Owen Fenton sees coming to Carolina as a win for his research interests.

Tim Willson stands with arms crossed with lab equipment in the background.
Faculty Support

Bringing the dark proteome into the light

A Q&A with Tim Willson, the inaugural Harold Kohn Distinguished Professor in Open Science Drug Discovery

Rhonda Lanning stands giving a doula training class in the Refugee Community Partnership
Community

Bridging Campus and Community

Rhonda Lanning’s commitment to reproductive health and birth equity has led to a career of service