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Poll shows Kay Hagan with 9-point lead

By Charles Talcott | September 17

For the first time in 2014 polls on North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race, Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan has jumped out to a nine-point lead over Republican ...

‘Heelflix’ now available at the UL

By Brielle Kronstedt | September 16

It all started Thursday when junior Jeri Trull posted a photo of the whiteboard in the bottom of the Undergraduate Library on Overheard at UNC. “Online ...

UNC team tracks Ebola stats with website

By Wei Zhou | September 10

UNC students and recent graduates worked with the Liberian government and American scholars to develop the website Ebola in Liberia, which tracks data ...

Durham startup Youth Digital moves to Chapel Hill

By Sofia Leiva | September 4

Preparing to educate future creators, the technologically gifted are joining Chapel Hill’s entrepreneurial scene.

Dr. David Weber speaks at Morehead Planetariums's science awareness program, Carolina Science Cafe, in Top of the Hill's Back Bar. At monthly educational program for adults, he spoke about the recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.

Science Cafe discusses Ebola at monthly meeting

By Stephanie Lamm | September 3

Students, faculty and community members learned about UNC’s plan to deal with an unlikely Ebola outbreak on campus in a meeting at Top of the Hill’s ...

Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C.and Thom Tillis had their first debate for the race for U.S. Senate on Wednesday.

US Senate candidates faced off in first debate of season

By Nick Niedzwiadek | September 3

DURHAM — The two major party candidates in North Carolina’s highly competitive U.S. Senate race touted their platforms to voters in the first ...

UNC's technology licensing revenue doubles

By Deborah Harris | September 2

Making and marketing the latest biomedical or computer software discovery is not a quick process.

New legislation increases solar costs, producers adapt

By Rachel Herzog | September 1

An Oregon-based solar panel producer has created a bump in the road to providing clean, low-cost energy for a Chapel Hill-based solar energy provider. ...

Yik Yak app's 'herd' expands at UNC

By Haley Waxman | September 1

From asking for the time of a football game to complaining about the construction on the quad, UNC’s witty “yaktivity” is beating out that of other ...

Q&A with e-cigarettes expert Kurt Ribisl

By Hayley Fowler | August 28

The American Heart Association released its first detailed policy report Sunday on the increasingly popular e-cigarettes, which heat up liquid that contains ...

Individuals come together Wednesday afternoon outside of Davie Hall to complete the ALS ice bucket challenge in honor of a psychology professor who was recently diagnosed with ALS.

UNC professors complete ice bucket challenge to support colleague

By Langston Taylor | August 20

The UNC psychology department, recognizing the chance to take advantage of a national sensation to show support for one of its own, arranged a surprise ...

UNC researchers find genetic link to schizophrenia

By Jasmin Singh | August 17

A team of researchers led by a UNC professor might find new treatments for people with schizophrenia.

UNC telescopes could get robotic lasers

By Karishma Patel | August 16

A robot laser could be coming to UNC's Southern Astrophysical Research telescope, thanks to an assistant physics professor.Professor Nicholas Law worked ...

UNC collects $10.8 million grant for solar energy research

By Tyler J. Rouse | August 14

It took him 40 years, but Thomas Meyer is finally getting his breakthrough.

Professors analyze media coverage of sex trafficking

By Maura Devetski | June 30

UNC professors Barbara Friedman and Anne Johnston were recognized for their work on the Irina Project with the Donna Allen Award for Feminist Advocacy ...

Former UNC men's basketball player Phil Ford listens as Esther Jones, a former school teacher who is pledging $1.4 million to his newly-formed professorship, talks to reporters.

Phil Ford Foundation Distinguished Professorship of Pediatrics created at NC Children's Hospital

By Bradley Saacks | June 19

When former UNC basketball star Phil Ford's cousin approached him about starting a foundation, they were not initially sure what the foundation's cause ...

UNC math professors apply research to Flight 370

By Jane Wester | June 2

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been missing since March 8, and while conspiracy theories flare on the Internet, two math professors at UNC have established ...

Man’s life saved by defibrillator vest

By Christina Stone | June 2

A Mebane man’s life was saved thanks to the LifeVest, an external device designed to act as a precautionary defibrillator for patients with heart conditions. ...

Google moves its Chapel Hill location to Franklin Street

By Aaron Cranford | April 20

Google searched high and low, but a close connection to UNC’s computer science department led the company to choose a downtown location for its Chapel ...

UNC professors work for Boston Marathon

By Jake Barach | April 16

The participants of last year’s Boston Marathon won’t let a terrorist attack stop them from crossing the finish line on April 21.