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Student group unveils new UNC app

By Katie Kilmartin | October 28

CarolinaGO, a mobile application designed to inform students of everything they need to know at UNC, has been in the making since 2012, and students' ...

UNC alumni invent handheld drug delivery device

By Ashlen Renner | October 27

The first things visitors see in 1789 Venture Lab on Franklin Street are a ping pong table, arcade games, and an assortment of comfy chairs.

Two dozen UNC centers under review

By Sarah Brown | October 27

Twenty-six of UNC-CH’s 80 research centers and institutes will be scrutinized further as a UNC Board of Governors review of the UNC system’s centers ...

Jeff Powell, a senior biomedical engineering major and design chair of the UNC-Chapel Hill Biomedical Engineering Club, made a prosthetic arm for 7-year-old Holden Mora with 3-D printing technology. Powell uses the three model fingers on the table to explain how each part of the hand is made.

UNC student builds prosthetic hand for 7-year-old using 3-D printer

By Kristen Chung | October 21

Senior biomedical engineering major Jeff Powell gave a young boy a hand this summer in more ways than one.

UNC libraries to open three research hubs

By Acy Jackson | October 21

After months of renovations, the second floor of Davis Library is open for research.

Congressman David Price-D (right) visited the Center for Developmental Science Tuesday afternoon. Andrea Hussong, the center's director, gave Price a tour and hosted a meeting to discuss federal funding for research programs.

Congressman David Price touts need for funding in sciences

By Hayley Fowler | October 15

A UNC research institute hosted Rep. David Price, D-N.C., on Tuesday to showcase projects and draw attention to years of decreases in federal funds for ...

Experts skeptical about black hole research

By Tyler Fleming | October 7

UNC associate professor Laura Mersini-Houghton’s recent study dismissing the existence of black holes is in the spotlight as the scientific community ...

Zeta Tau Alpha's "Think Pink" campaign will start at the end of the month.

Zeta Tau Alpha ‘thinks pink’ for breast cancer awareness

By Bradley Saacks | October 6

For senior Lauren Kangas, Breast Cancer Awareness Month hits close to home.

Doctors OK long-acting birth control for teenagers

By Katie Reeder | October 6

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently recommended that long-acting, reversible contraception methods should be the primary form of birth control ...

Dan Ariely, TED speaker and author of three New York Times bestsellers, speaks at the October 2014 Carolina Science Cafe. The event was held at TOPO Back Bar and sponsored by Sigma Xi. Ariely spoke about the psychology of money. He is a James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University.

Dan Ariely debunks opportunity cost at Science Cafe meeting

By Tyler Fleming | October 2

Ideally, people would think about the opportunity cost of making a purchase, but Duke economics professor and best-selling author Dan Ariely knows people ...

HPV vaccination researched at UNC

By Mona Bazzaz | September 29

A team of researchers at UNC are collaborating to increase the number of HPV vaccinations given to young adults across the state.

UNC makes autism research breakthrough

By Brielle Kronstedt | September 25

A group of UNC scientists are celebrating after finding a genetic link for autism.

Faculty website modernized to encourage mentoring

By Jenn Morrison | September 23

In August, the UNC Center for Faculty Excellence in August unveiled their new web site, created by the Chapel Hill-based advertising firm Rivers Agency. ...

Injury research center gets CDC grant

By Victoria Mirian | September 18

A UNC research center has received a maximum grant allowance of $4.5 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — a continuation ...

‘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 ...

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. ...