The University is joining forces with two of the world’s premier universities to advance research, education and practice in pharmacy and the pharmaceutical sciences. read more
“We need health care professionals — from the health worker … to the CEO of the most sophisticated hospital — to take responsibility for delivering on the medical maxim ‘first do no harm.’ ” — Jamie Bartram read more
A 3-D printing technology bearing the stamp of two renowned UNC chemistry researchers represents a fundamentally new approach to 3-D printing. read more
Driverless cars were supposed to be right around the corner. What’s the holdup? How many computers are in your car? One? Three? Five? read more
UNC’s Center for Community Capital has received a $2 million grant from the Ford Foundation to continue its long-term study of lower-income homeownership before, during and after one of the worst economic crises in the nation’s… read more
In the war against Ebola, one important hurdle has just been cleared — by a mouse. Researchers at the University and colleagues at other institutions have developed the first genetic strain of mice that can be infected with Ebola and display… read more
UNC’s pharmacy school has received a $3 million gift from philanthropist and pharmaceutical-industry executive Fred Eshelman ’72. Eshelman’s gift will support the work of the school’s Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug… read more
A Carolina faculty member has won the prestigious Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering for the third year in a row. James F. Cahoon, an assistant professor of chemistry, is the latest to receive the award given to researchers early in… read more
Faculty at the University brought in $792.7 million in research contracts and grants in fiscal 2014, up $14.9 million from the $777.8 million total in fiscal 2013. The largest sources of funding for Carolina’s research enterprise in… read more
Researchers from UNC’s School of Medicine, working with scores of institutions from around the world, have helped identify more than 100 locations in the human genome associated with the risk of developing schizophrenia. Findings from the… read more