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.
Resiliency drives this active-duty Carolina researcher
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Alison Cruise has two decades of military experience. Her service — and the challenges she has overcome — inspire her doctoral studies at UNC-Chapel Hill.
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.
16 student researchers receive NSF fellowships
Students from programs across UNC-Chapel Hill have received highly competitive awards from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program for their research in STEM-related fields, including chemistry, biology, neuroscience and more.
Google backs Tar Heel’s AI research
Doctoral student David Wan is helping to make the rapidly evolving technology more reliable.
Aided by Covenant Scholarship, Ariayana Harrell bridges research-policy gap
After earning an unexpected opportunity to come to Carolina, Ariayana Harrell decided to stay for graduate school with hopes to positively impact communities like the one she came from.
