The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $13.6 million grant to UNC’s Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence for research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer through advances in nanotechnology. The… read more
Carolina’s research grants and contracts totaled $803 million in fiscal 2010, the largest amount in campus history. The figure is a 12.2 percent increase from the $716 million received last year. The contracts and grants come primarily from… read more
The UNC-based College Sport Research Institute is hosting its second annual Tee Off for Tar Heels Benefit Golf Tournament in October to help support the University. The event is being planned, organized and managed by UNC sport administration… read more
More than 3,200 historic maps of North Carolina are now available online as part of the digital North Carolina Maps project. Visitors to the site can see the results of a three-year collaborative project to identify and scan nearly every… read more
A proposed UNC research facility in the Galapagos Islands has had to find a new home amid political and environmental concerns in Ecuador. UNC and its collaborator in Ecuador, Universidad de San Francisco de Quito, had planned the Galapagos… read more
Asserting that no one should die from cervical cancer, public health researchers at the University are leading a multistate initiative to prevent — or even eradicate — the disease. The Cervical Cancer-Free Initiative is a multi-year project… read more
Wives of soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and other mental health conditions than women whose husbands are not deployed, according to a new study by researchers at… read more
Cancer researcher Dr. Lisa Carey told graduates at UNC’s December Commencement they likely won’t have trouble being successful in life, because they’ve already proved they can succeed. “And people who succeed tend to do it over and over again,”… read more
For years, scientists have tried to determine the basis for discrepancies between race and the predisposition for development of diseases such as type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Could factors such as differences in lifestyle or access… read more
From professional athletes to weekend warriors, the condition known as “runner’s knee” is a painful and potentially debilitating injury suffered by millions of people — although until now, it has been unclear what causes it. New research from… read more