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Category: News
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Carolina Ranks 2nd in US, 22nd in World in 2020 ‘Times Higher Education’ Impact Rankings
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks second in the United States in the 2020 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which measure sustainability among institutions of higher education. The 2020 rankings, released April 22, placed Carolina at 22nd overall in the world out of 766 institutions from 85 countries, an improvement from our rank as 24th in the inaugural Impact Rankings in 2019.
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Aspen Gutgsell Awarded the 12th Annual “Diane Harris Leadership Award”
Aspen Gutgsell has been awarded the 2020 Diane Harris Leadership Award for exemplary public service.
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UNC Ranked Highest U.S. University in Coronavirus Research
UNC is the highest-rated university in the United States for coronavirus research, according to a recent ranking by Microsoft Academic. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and since, UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have published more peer-reviewed articles and have been cited more than any other academic institution in the United States.
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Graduate student Anna Wheless writes for NC DNA Day program: “A Portrait of a protein”
In the first piece as a writer for the North Carolina DNA Day Blog. The blog is an extension of the NC DNA Day program, which aims to get high school students in the state interested in science. Anna looks forward to continuing her participation in this program and developing her skills as a writer …
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Disseminating Coronavirus Research
Working remotely from their home offices, the University’s librarians are helping the world’s virologists fight coronavirus by making faculty research more accessible online through the Carolina Digital Repository. The coronavirus example shows how valuable a reliable open access source can be for researchers. During the pandemic, “Researchers have identified and shared hundreds of viral genome sequences. More than 200 clinical trials...
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Graduate Student Hashem Meriesh receives his PhD!
Hashem Meriesh, under the direction of Dr. Brian Strahl, successfully defended his dissertation on April 10, 2020 and received his PhD. The title of his dissertation is “Elucidating the function of the histone H4 basic patch in SAGA-mediated histone H2B deubiquitination and histone acetylation”. During his time at UNC, Hashem was awarded a T32 training …
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UNC SOM Support Exchange: Request help or offer assistance to SOM community members in need
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Graduate student Jared Baisden receives his PhD!
Jared Baisden, under the direction of Dr. Qi Zhang, successfully defended his dissertation on April 9, 2020 and received his PhD. The title of his dissertation is “Probing Excited Conformational States Involved in microRNA Biogenesis” Jared received a B.S. in Biochemistry and Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio. His …
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Identifying prevention or treatment strategies for COVID-19: Could Copper Disable the Virus Behind COVID-19?
Our Alumnus Michael Johnson, PhD, assistant professor of immunobiology, will work with Koenraad Van Doorslaer, PhD assistant professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, at the University of Arizona – Health Sciences – College of Medicine to investigate the use of copper compounds in preventing infection. A team of UArizona Health Sciences researchers is studying …
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Carolina launches new website: CV19 Student Care Hub
The new website is a one-stop-shop for guidance and information about resources related to everything from academics to financial aid to wellness. Posted by University Communications, Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 Dear Carolina Community, Today, we are launching a new website called the COVID-19 Student Care Hub to help you — our students — stay connected with the …
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Meet UNC School of Medicine’s COVID-19 Research Heroes
BCBP faculty member, Ron Swanstrom, is working together with other School of Medicine researchers across disciplines, to combat the COVID-19 virus. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has swept through the entire world, causing thousands of deaths and life-altering changes in our communities. Within the UNC School of Medicine research …