Carolina names 68 distinguished professors
Martin Brinkley and Gregory Characklis are named Kenan Distinguished Professors. Chris Clemens is named a Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Convergent Science in the College of Arts & Sciences.
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Byerley to depart Adams School of Dentistry; dean search commences
Dr. Julie Byerley will leave Carolina at the end of the calendar year to become president and dean of the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine in Pennsylvania.
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What’s working? In a word, collaboration
Six weeks into the fall semester, COVID-19 metrics are tracking as expected and show, without a doubt, that the Carolina community is taking care of each other.
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Empowering the next generation
As climate change continues to impact daily life, researchers at the UNC Institute for the Environment are finding the best way to teach the next generation to build a more equitable, resilient society.
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Graduate students collaborate in suicide prevention
The UNC School of Education graduate students’ interdisciplinary work informs suicide prevention and recovery efforts for the future.
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It runs in the family
What do you get when a research psychologist marries a clinical psychologist? Two Carolina chemists. Carolina psychologists Eric and Jen Youngstrom's research and global travels developed their daughters Diane and Kay's love of science, immense school spirit and desire to help the world.
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9 strategies to quit smoking
Quitting smoking can save your life — especially since people who smoke are at a higher risk for complications from COVID-19.
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Chemist Frank Leibfarth joins Popular Science’s Brilliant 10 of 2021
Leibfarth’s research on the removal of PFAS, also known as synthetic “forever chemicals,” from drinking water sources was what captured the attention of the 150-year-old magazine’s editors.
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Serendipity marks Dorrance’s 39-year career
For Carolina women’s soccer, a series of right-place, right-time events — and people — made the program one of the most prodigious dynasties in the history of college athletics.
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Dine In? Go Out? Learn to Be a Better Covid-19 Risk Manager
David Wohl, a professor in the UNC School of Medicine, is quoted by The Wall Street Journal on why dining indoors still carries the risk of contracting COVID-19.
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Nurses: Can North Carolina meet the demand?
Erin Fraher, a researcher at the UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center, tells Higher Ed Works that through migration, North Carolina imports as many nurses every year as it produces from its education systems.
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Do COVID-19 antibody treatments work?
Health Digest cites research from Myron Cohen, a professor in the UNC School of Medicine, on how antibody treatments help your body produce antibodies to fight COVID-19 more quickly.
