Dr. Myron S. Cohen, an acclaimed physician and researcher who has spent the past three decades studying the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, will speak at Commencement on Dec. 16. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 chose Cohen, the J. read more
A team of scientists with The Cancer Genome Atlas program — including a large group from Carolina — has reported finding some of the genetic causes of the most common forms of breast cancer, resulting from the program’s genetic… read more
Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities, will share his views about research universities this week as part of the University’s yearlong conversation about the future of U.S. public higher education. Rawlings… read more
Two autism researchers in UNC’s School of Medicine have each been awarded $12.6 million grants in the latest round of funding from the National Institutes of Health’s Autism Centers of Excellence research program. UNC, which was ranked No. 2… read more
UNC rose to ninth from 16th among leading private and public research universities for the level of federal funding — $545.99 million — devoted to research and development in all fields during fiscal 2010. Overall, Carolina ranked 15th for… read more
UNC’s Renaissance Computing Institute has been tapped as the technical lead in a $4.5 million collaborative water project by the National Science Foundation. The project, which involves a team that spans eight U.S. universities, aims to develop a… read more
A new study by researchers at UNC’s School of Medicine found that 31 percent of children identified as at risk for autism spectrum disorders at 12 months received a confirmed diagnosis of the disorders by age 3 years. In addition, 85 percent of… read more
Is the legendary Lost Colony found? A map, more than 420 years old, spans from the Chesapeake Bay on the north to Cape Lookout on the south, and shows Indian villages and small details of the coastline. Brent Lane ’81 (’90 MBA) has had a print… read more
Joseph DeSimone, Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of chemistry at Carolina, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors that a U.S. scientist or engineer can receive. DeSimone is one of 84 new members and 21… read more
For his groundbreaking research on treatment as prevention of HIV, Myron Cohen — professor of medicine, microbiology and epidemiology at UNC — has received the top honor of the inaugural Clinical Research Forum Top 10 Clinical Research… read more