Category: Endeavors Stories (page 2)

From peanut allergies to the death penalty, Carolina’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURFs) are gaining hands-on research experience in the lab and the field.

The Center for Public Engagement with Science partners with the Juntos Program to empower Latino youth in educating their communities about climate change.

Grace Kinder shares her story of guiding citizen scientists along portions of the Appalachian Trail to connect them with nature and one of its most vital creatures: bats.

The Office of Research Development is a unit within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research that focuses on growing the research enterprise at Carolina.

Claire Johnson explains her studies of microbial communities living on seaweed mats in the Atlantic Ocean’s Gulf Stream and how they cycle nitrogen.

We are excited to announce that following a national search Penny Gordon-Larsen, who has served as interim vice chancellor for research since March of last year, has accepted the position on a permanent basis, effective immediately.

In response to N.C. ranking ninth in the nation for most human trafficking cases, social work researchers have teamed up with state agencies to prevent trafficking among young people via Project No Rest.

Jobs are back, but workers aren’t — and despite increasing wages, young people remain slow to engage. Carolina researchers uncover why.

Haley Plaas works with local communities to uncover how algal blooms affect air quality.

With data spilling from all areas of life, students need tools and training to understand it. The UNC School of Data Science and Society is here to help.