The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a top administrator each received high honors at the fourth annual Deshpande Symposium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education on June 10 in Lowell, Massachusetts. Judith...

Cuts in federal support and unreliable funding streams are creating a hostile work environment for scientists. This situation is jeopardizing the future of research efforts and ultimately clinical medicine, according to leaders...

Cellular Insides A freshman professor when Michael Jordan was a first-year student-athlete, Keith Burridge, PhD, has dedicated his career to elucidating the intricate structures of cells that allow cancers to metastasize. Keith...

The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy received a 2015 BDO Life Sciences Award from the Triangle Business Journal on May 21 in the category of outstanding research university. Bill Zamboni & Stephen Eckel The School won for...

The Eshelman Institute for Innovation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—created by a historic $100 million gift to the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in December—has officially launched. The Eshelman Institute...

UNC’s Heart Health Now! Advancing Heart Health in NC Primary Care project is one of seven grantees awarded as part of the AHRQ initiative, EvidenceNOW – Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care. Dr. Sam Cykert Chapel Hill...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - A device for evaluating concussion, designed by scientists at UNC-Chapel Hill, has caught the eye of the NFL and may one day be widely available. The device, called "The Brain Gauge," is so easy to operate...

Funding to Develop Novel Therapeutics for Respiratory Diseases Venture Syndicate has Strong Respiratory Expertise Research Triangle Park, NC, May 7, 2015 – Spyryx Biosciences, Inc., a privately-held biopharmaceutical company...

COLUMBIA, S.C., June 2, 2015 - - South Carolina and North Carolina have many things in common: southern heritage, a love of good food and family, beautiful beaches and mountains. The two states also share burdensome health...

The NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Initiative has awarded the inaugural set of BD2K institutional training grant awards, totaling $1 million in fiscal year 15. These three awards will support the overarching BD2K goal of...