Graduate School emergency funding keeps vital climate research afloat
Doctoral candidate Hunter Quintal’s critical research on extreme weather faced funding challenges –– until The Graduate School stepped in.
Doctoral student tracks antidepressants in NC waterways
Emily Crawford’s findings could reframe how we think about the downstream effects of prescription drugs.
How Applied Physical Sciences shaped one doctoral student’s vision for medicine
With deep knowledge in both materials science and medicine, Kyle Riker is positioned to help design the next generation of therapies that truly integrate with the body.
Art MFA graduate creates works inspired by her own MRI scans
MFA graduate Rebecca Pempek explores the complexities of chronic pain and the American health care system in her thesis artwork.
Biomedical Devices Researcher Speaks with Clarity of a Physicist and Purpose of a Physician
Working at the intersection of physics, materials science and biology, doctoral student Sicheng Xing is conducting cutting-edge research on and electrical stimulation device for chronic wound healing.
Learning by Design
Kyle McQuillan wields the power of design to transform how students learn, educators teach, and innovators bring ideas to life.
This Royster studies oysters
Doctoral student Nick Funnell’s fieldwork focuses on shellfish important to the state’s economy and ecology.
Google backs Tar Heel’s AI research
Doctoral student David Wan is helping to make the rapidly evolving technology more reliable.
MSW student Katalia Alexander authors paper on health care access in Tanzania
by Chris Hilburn-Trenkle, UNC School of Social Work Read this story on the UNC School of Social Work site. Katalia Alexander was in her second semester as a research assistant when she came across transcripts that would later provide the … Read more
Adrienne Bonar: The emotion detective
Adrienne Bonar, a doctoral candidate in the department of psychology and neuroscience, examines the social, psychological and physiological factors that shape our emotions.
