These honors, presented at the Graduate Student Recognition Celebration each spring, recognize research benefiting North Carolina.

Alison Mercer-Smith, an M.D./Ph.D. student who is completing her doctoral work in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, is the UNC-Chapel Hill Three Minute Thesis (3MT) campus winner.

The public is invited to attend the annual event, in which 10 students present their research in just three minutes; the campus winner will compete in the March 2020 regionals.

The University of Queensland developed the 3MT in 2008 and more than 600 universities in 65 countries now hold their own competitions.

More than 120 undergraduate students from UNC-Chapel Hill and beyond participated in the fifth annual Summer Undergraduate Pipeline Research Symposium.

The third annual conference, from May 28 to 31, features the theme of borders.

Five 2019 recipients of The Graduate School’s Impact Award represented UNC-Chapel Hill.

Graduate students are vital to the outstanding education UNC-Chapel Hill provides for undergraduate students, and are vital to service efforts that benefit North Carolina.

Through its Impact Awards and Horizon Awards, The Graduate School honors graduate students and recent graduate alumni for powerful discoveries benefiting North Carolina.

UNC-Chapel Hill campus winner competes with nearly 50 other 3MT winners throughout the Southeast.