Tag: Student News

The UNC Office of Research Development is aggregating COVID-19 funding opportunities for the research community. The UNC Office of Research Development is centrally tracking COVID-19 funding opportunities to provide a resource to the campus-wide research community. The funding opportunities are listed on the COVID-19 Funding Opportunities website linked here. Information about COVID-19 funding opportunities will be added to the page as they become available.

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The Mental Health/Emotional Support Resources website provides resources for all UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health system employees. The Mental Health / Emotional Support Resources website provides resources for all UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health system employees. During an infectious disease outbreak like COVID-19, it is not uncommon for people to experience …

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Our new Student Services Specialist Holly Shepherd will be joining the department of Biochemistry and Biophysics on May 26, 2020.

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“Based on advice from our infectious disease and public health experts, who believe we could be facing a second wave of COVID-19 sometime late fall or early winter, we are making significant changes to our operations.” Read more… Dear Carolina Community, The past two months have been extraordinarily challenging, and I remain grateful for your …

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The University Development Office at UNC Chapel Hill created a Tar Heels Together website to connect community and share Carolina stories. The University Development Office created an innovative, dynamic way to connect people, share information, and build community during this time of isolation: The Tar Heels Together website, a “one stop shop” where friends and supporters of Carolina …

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Courtney Vaughn, under the direction of Aziz Sancar, M.D., Ph.D., successfully defended her dissertation on May 6, 2020 and received her PhD. The title of her dissertation is “Exploring the role of DNA damage, nucleotide excision repair, and circadian rhythm on cellular response to platinum-based drugs”

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Welcome to Amanda Hall, who is our new Student Wellness Counselor for BBSP, taking over for Alli Schad, who is now working primarily with medical students.

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I want to make certain you are aware of some financial resources available to graduate students during the COVID-19 crisis:

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The UNC Office of Undergraduate Research announced SURF awardees. Claire's project title is "Targeting HIV Transcriptional Machinery as a Functional Cure for Latent HIV."

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Graduate student Ben Roberts of Saskia Neher lab receives NRSA Fellowship (F31) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Ben Roberts was also recently Inducted into the Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Honor Society. In addition, Ben was on the research team that used cryoelectron microscopy (CryoEM) to solve the structure of …

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The website, launched by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, connects members of the SOM community with personal and professional services needed during the COVID-19 crisis and response. The resource is available to all members of the SOM community.

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The Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Student Honor Society (founded 1993) recognizes outstanding service provided to the University and community by graduate and professional students enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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