2 leading COVID-19 researchers to deliver the Spring Commencement address
Drs. Anthony Fauci and Kizzmekia Corbett ’14 (Ph.D.) have been pivotal in understanding and combatting the virus.
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Tanner Awards for Graduate Teaching Assistants
One graduate teaching assistant engaged psychology students by asking them to host a podcast episode, while another asked students to propose improvements to laboratory experiments that enhance the remote instruction experience.
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Recycle, recut, rejoice
The Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling helped a daughter give her father an especially meaningful present for his 90th birthday.
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HR to launch Carolina Talent Performance tool
The new Carolina Talent Performance tool will launch this summer with the goal of making administrative tasks easier and providing more opportunities for meaningful performance reviews.
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The life botanic
Alan Weakley has spent his career cataloging the plants of the Southeastern United States, and now his work is compiled into a digital guide that will aid fellow botanists and citizen scientists alike.
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A small town’s Old Well honors a trailblazing Tar Heel
More than 100 miles east of Chapel Hill, in Kinston, North Carolina, a perfectly sized replica of the Old Well honors one of Carolina's first Black students.
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How genetic factors shape the composition of the microbiome
At least two human genes have a major impact in shaping the gut ecosystem, and other human genes affecting microbiome composition are involved in important aspects of host metabolism, nutrition and immunity.
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Pinching pennies
One Carolina alumna came back to the University for her MBA and turned a family tradition into a delicious business.
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Lauren Sartain-led project wins AERA award
The study, which examined educators’ perceptions of a teacher evaluation system used in Chicago Public Schools, has been chosen as the first place winner for AERA Division H’s Outstanding Publication in the category Assessment and Accountability.
Carolina in the News
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We Asked the Experts: What Will Be the Lasting Effect of the Pandemic on Our Children?
Good Housekeeping quotes Martha Perry, director of the UNC School of Medicine’s adolescent medicine rotation, on the increase of depression and anxiety in children.
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He Got COVID In Prison. The Government Said He Was ‘Recovered.’ Then He Died.
Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, an assistant professor at the UNC School of Medicine, is quoted by the Huffington Post on why a lack of data makes it difficult to track COVID-19 cases in prison.
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Leah Devlin explains the COVID-19 vaccine shortage
With more mass vaccination clinics being held across N.C., UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Professor of the Practice Leah Devlin talks about the effectiveness of these events and how soon she thinks the COVID-19 vaccine supply issues will be fixed.
