3 years ago
Brighten a Colleague’s Day with Cheers to Peers
Send a short message of big thanks to celebrate their good deeds, hard work and successes.
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3 years ago
Dive into University Research Week Oct. 10-14
Register for nearly 60 events celebrating discovery, including classes, panel discussions, webinars and hands-on demonstrations.
3 years ago
Carolina Cares, Carolina Shares Kicks Off
The 2022-2023 Carolina Cares, Carolina Shares State Employees Combined Campaign launched Sept. 29. The campaign aims to strengthen North Carolina communities and provide UNC-Chapel Hill employees with an opportunity to make a difference across the state and nationally.
3 years ago
EAP Offers Well-Being Resources for Employees
Through the Employee Assistance Program, staff and faculty can get advice about legal and financial issues as well as mental health support.
3 years ago
SOM Office of Research Accepting Applications for Bridge and Boost Funding
The UNC School of Medicine is accepting applications for bridge and boost funding. The deadline for applications is Oct. 10.
3 years ago
Freezer Challenge encourages energy-saving practices
As part of a growing green-lab movement, Carolina competes with labs internationally to cut the high cost of cold storage. Xian Chen's lab is highlighted for being one of the two labs at UNC who participated in the international challenge!
3 years ago
2022 Art in Science Competition – Accepting Applications
The School of Medicine is soliciting innovative scientific images that showcase the biomedical research in the School. Submissions are due September 19.
3 years ago
The Graduate School welcomes incoming graduate students
The Graduate School welcomed more than 700 graduate students at an in-person orientation on Wednesday, August 10; they join nearly 2,500 incoming graduate students from all areas of campus. Dean Suzanne Barbour provided words of wisdom from her time as a graduate student.
3 years ago
Research funding passes $1B mark for third straight year
With a record–breaking $1.2B in funding awards this year, Carolina researchers drive breakthroughs in drug development and facilitate experiments for federal agencies and nonprofits.
4 years ago
The UNC RNA Discovery Center Has Launched!
The RNA Discovery Center will cultivate an inclusive community of scientists dedicated to investigating all aspects of RNA biology, some of which has already been implicated in human diseases and much of which we know very little about. Co-directors include Qi Zhang and Bill Marzluff. Silvia Ramos and many other researchers are involved in the center. Read more...
4 years ago
Save the date: University Research Week October 10-14, 2022
UNC will be showcasing remarkable, innovative, and life-saving research conducted by its world-renown faculty and students and inspiring the next generation of scientists through presentations, workshops, and more. Plan ahead and organize an event. Read more...
4 years ago
UNC-Chapel Hill receives $65M from NIH for antiviral drug development center
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health awarded the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health a $65 million grant establishing an Antiviral Drug Discovery Center to develop oral antivirals that can combat pandemic-level viruses like COVID-19. The center builds upon and is tightly affiliated with UNC’s Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative. The READDI-AViDD Center, one of nine established by the NIH, is an integrated public-private partnership with a renowned, interdisciplinary research team of experts from the Gillings School, UNC School of Medicine and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. They will apply cutting-edge technologies to develop oral therapies that target viral families with high potential to cause a pandemic in the future.