Two new multimillion-dollar grants promise to solidify UNC’s standing as one of the nation’s leaders in autism research and treatment. In early June, the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute was awarded $5 million to create a national… read more
“Does racism make us sick?” is the question addressed by the 13th annual Summer Public Health Research Video Conference on Minority Health, sponsored by UNC’s School of Public Health’s Minority Health Project and the University’s Office of Diversity… read more
Survivors of head and neck cancer not only endure the disease, they must endure the treatment as well. The aggressive healing process causes patients to have difficulty speaking, swallowing, breathing and communicating, which in turn affects their… read more
By translating genetic discoveries into new ways to diagnose and treat disease, a new research institute being launched at Carolina aims to make drugs safer and more effective and speed laboratory discoveries to physicians and patients. The… read more
More than 100 biomedical graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from UNC will visit more than 65 N.C. high schools on April 25 for National DNA Day. Through this visit, students in the classroom will have a chance to interact with people… read more
Carolina is earmarking $11 million to increase its focus on environmental research, education and engagement. Its launch this week of the UNC Institute for the Environment – formed through expansion of the existing Carolina Environmental Program -… read more
The University has entered into a multi-year agreement with GE Healthcare to establish a Center for Research Excellence in Breast Cancer Imaging within UNC’s Biomedical Research Imaging Center, creating a University-wide center for excellence to… read more
A $2.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York will make a significant contribution to medieval and early modern studies at Carolina. The grant will enable UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences to extend the global reach of… read more
The N.C. General Assembly has created the state’s first University Cancer Research Fund with the passage of the new state budget. The fund, established to accelerate cancer research at UNC’s School of Medicine and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer… read more
The University has received a $21.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop effective, inexpensive drugs to treat late-stage African sleeping sickness and visceral leishmaniasis — diseases that infect and kill… read more