Morehead launched the Duke Energy Science Night program to help schools host fun science events with resource kits containing hands-on activities and materials for up to 200 participants. (Photo: Morehead Planetarium and Science Center)
5.3.24 | Academics and Athletics, Carolina Alumni Review, Research
Now in its 75th year, the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center reaches more students and curious science seekers than ever before — and not just in Chapel Hill. by Mark Derewicz Think of a planetarium, and feel the awe and…
When Irving Hoffman ’94 (MPH), director of international operations for the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, called his longtime friend Hyman Bielsky ’76 (’80 JD) in Sunny Isles, Florida, he wanted to talk about… read more
A program created at Carolina decades ago revolutionized care and services for kids with autism worldwide. by Mark Derewicz Jesse Holloway, not yet 2 years old, fixated on a ceiling fan, fascinated. His mother, Linda Varblow ’91 (MPH),… read more
Carolina philosophy professor Thomas Hofweber founded the UNC AI Project to try to answer difficult — and disturbing — questions about artificial intelligence. A just machine to make big decisions/Programmed by fellas with… read more
Students, faculty and staff this week are demonstrating how their respective disciplines address climate change during the annual University Research Week. Called “A Climate of Change at Carolina,” it features more than 60 events… read more
A scientist at the has been recognized by TIME magazine for his work in response to the national opioid overdose epidemic. Nabarun Dasgupta ’13 (PhD), who’s also an Innovation Fellow at the Gillings School of Global Public… read more
UNC, in partnership with Duke University, has been awarded up to $50 million from the Food and Drug Administration to establish a center that will work with FDA scientists to conduct research that will better inform and support the agency’s… read more
PTSD doesn’t just affect soldiers on the battlefield. It’s an epidemic affecting millions of Americans. Here’s what UNC researchers are doing to treat the masses. by Mark Derewicz illustrations by Haley Hodges… read more
The School of Medicine’s pediatrics department will use a $10 million gift to establish a center to identify new ways to treat mucopolysaccharidoses, or MPS, a group of rare genetic disorders. The gift, from Vaughn and Nancy Bryson, who in 1960… read more
Billy Sweet ’95 led a federal research project to explain what climate change means for people living on the coast. by Elizabeth Leland ’76 Sailing along a creek off the Chesapeake Bay two years ago with his wife and three children,… read more