Hordes of butterflies dance around blooming flowers to the beat of the buzzing cicadas. A firefly light show floods the spaces between trees. An unlucky ant meanders into the jaws of a Venus fly trap. There’s nothing more beautiful, or alive, than… read more
An extraordinary gift carries an eagerly embraced obligation to shape the future of pharmacology teaching and research at UNC’s Eshelman School of Pharmacy. read more
Carolina has a new way to make all of your time spent in Chapel Hill easier with the introduction of a three-dimensional campus map loaded with information. read more
Danae Ringelmann ’00 quickly spotted the roadblocks in traditional finance, and she found a way to give every entrepreneur — and every bright idea — a shot at success. read more
These two sea creatures often find themselves at odds. But Niels Lindquist and David Cessna want the same thing — an oyster industry that works. Adapted from an article for Endeavors, UNC’s online research magazine, by Mary Lide Parker ’11… read more
Joseph DeSimone was honored for his work in material science as well as innovation and inclusive leadership in higher education and entrepreneurship. read more
Kelly Hogan ’01 (PhD) took some troubling statistics on student success and turned them into a new college classroom at Carolina: less talk, more action and deeper learning. read more
Nobody could say no to Sophie Steiner — especially after her departure, as UNC Hospitals filled the void with a new kind of advocate for teen and young adult cancer patients. read more
Researchers will explore using nanoparticles to create cancer vaccines and improve delivery of cancer-fighting drugs and patients’ responses to them. read more
The UNC School of Media and Journalism will use a $3 million grant to open a research center to explore new models for community news and support testing and development of digital media products for local news sites. read more