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A message from the Vice Chancellor for Research

16 October 2017

This past week UNC-Chapel Hill launched For All Kind: The Campaign for Carolina, spanning all schools and departments. Fundraising is a critical component of how universities fund themselves. Carolina's campaign goals have...

Carolina launches $4.25 billion comprehensive fundraising campaign

10 October 2017

Carolina has launched "For All Kind: the Campaign for Carolina," an ambitious fundraising drive that seeks to raise $4.25 billion over the next five years. Chancellor Carol L. Folt, along with Board of Trustees...

NC TraCS Pilot Program continues to fuel success

12 October 2017

This summer, the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute reached a significant milestone in the growth of its Pilot Program with the publication of its 300th academic paper. Some of the top...

Carolina researchers receive $61 million grant to identify effective asthma treatments

10 October 2017

A person struggles, then panics, gasping for air but unable to get any into the lungs — as if "I were trying to breathe air underwater" or "an elephant is sitting on my chest." Those are the most common analogies cited...

Message from the Chancellor

12 October 2017

Dear Campus Community, Fall is always an exciting time on campus. We just launched the most ambitious fundraising campaign in Carolina's history, and tomorrow we will welcome Gov. Roy Cooper to deliver the keynote address...

CHER welcomes new associate director, Gaurav Dave

10 October 2017

Gaurav Dave, MD, PhD, MPH, research assistant professor has been named Associate Director of The Center for Health Equity Research (CHER). Gaurav Dave, MD, DrPH, MPH, is the new Associate Director for CHER. His long-standing...

RTI University Scholars Program accepting applications

10 October 2017

The RTI University Scholars Program provides support for distinguished academic researchers to spend scholarly leave time at RTI, actively collaborating with our experts. The goal of the program is to foster collaboration...

The Self-Made Scientist

09 October 2017

Andrew Hinton was working in the shipyards around Norfolk, Virginia, when his young daughter was diagnosed with severe food allergies. That diagnosis, as stressful as it was, gave him the passion to change the course of his...

UNC ROI awards three research grants

10 October 2017

UNC President Margaret Spellings announced the University of North Carolina's Research Opportunities Initiative (UNC ROI) will provide three new grants worth a total of $6.2 million to teams from six universities, including...

Research Roundup: Studies you need to hear about

09 October 2017

From the Daily Tarheel... Photo courtesy of Ross Boyce, studying malaria. Innovation is alive and well in the research endeavors by UNC professors. From a skin patch that dissolves fat, a rapid diagnostic test for malaria...