Terry Magnuson, Sarah Graham Kenan professor and founding chair of the department of genetics at UNC, will assume his new post July 1. read more
The cancer drug paclitaxel just got more effective. For the first time, researchers from the University have packaged it in containers derived from a patient’s own immune system, protecting the drug from being destroyed by the body’s defenses… read more
Life often was a struggle for Bayard Wootten, and for many of her subjects, as she pursued early 20th-century photography on her own terms. UPDATE: Wilson Library exhibition featuring her work extended through Feb. 7. read more
Barry Popkin warned that other countries were following Americans into obesity. Now he’s helping world leaders decide how to fight back. read more
The author of the 2009 book The World Is Fat: The Fads, Trends, Policies, and Products That Are Fattening the Human Race, Barry Popkin is the William Rand Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of nutrition and the Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished… read more
“Given the strong links between obesity and many cancers, the rising rates of obesity and cancer worldwide and the challenges for many people to lose excess weight, there is an urgent need to better understand how obesity impacts the cancer… read more
The quest by Joel Fodrie ’99 to think like a fish has only just started and has a long, long way to go. Already it’s been a round trip. read more
In North Carolina’s summer of the shark, in which an abnormally high eight bites on humans were reported in the surf this year between June 1 and July 4, Joel Fodrie ’99 was the reluctant point man when the media called UNC’s Institute of… read more
“This is such a monumental gift, and I know that we will one day look back on it as a transformational moment in the history of this cancer center,” said Ned Sharpless ’88 (’93 MD), Lineberger’s director. read more
The United Nations’ World Health Organization has named UNC its academic partner to coordinate research aimed at saving the lives of millions of women, children and adolescents around the world within the next 15 years. read more