Three of UNC’s most renowned scientists have received National Institutes of Health grants worth about $5 million to establish research centers in obesity, the study of inflammation in human disease, and the use of data management in probing genetic… read more
UNC has received two National Science Foundation grants totaling $912,000 to build six telescopes in Chile that will study the most distant objects in the universe. read more
The N.C. General Assembly has approved $180 million in funding for a new clinical cancer hospital to be built in the health care complex on Manning Drive. In a ceremony Thursday at UNC Hospitals, Gov. Mike Easley ’72 signed the bill into law. read more
Federal authorities are opening a new investigation of UNC’s treatment of laboratory animals in response to allegations made by a national animal rights group. It is the second such investigation in two years. read more
The National Parkinson Foundation has designated UNC as one of its Centers of Excellence. read more
Raising awareness of the health hazards of secondhand smoke is the goal of a new media campaign being undertaken by UNC in partnership with local programs in two North Carolina counties in opposite ends of the state – Buncombe in the west and Chowan… read more
For the second time in two years, University researchers have responded to allegations of animal cruelty lodged by an advocacy group and documented by an undercover investigator working as a lab employee. read more
In 1986, with UNC’s approaching Bicentennial in 1993, research astronomers were thinking bold thoughts about the future. read more
A new study that urges the state to work harder to use its public research universities for the state’s economic advantage was reviewed today by several leading legislators. read more
Health researchers from across the state will give presentations on research areas including breast cancer, eating disorders and osteoporosis at the fifth annual Women’s Health Research Day to be held March 17 at UNC. read more