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Carolina People
Every day, Tar Heels find ways to leave their Heelprint on campus and make our community stronger.
Why a fly?
The genome of a fruit fly is strikingly similar to that of a human — so much so that scientists have been studying these tiny insects for over 100 years, in search of treatments for diseases like spinal muscular atrophy and neurological disorders. Carolina geneticist Bob Duronio is one of those scientists.
Learning from seven widowed fathers
UNC Lineberger’s Donald Rosenstein and Justin Yopp have published a compelling book, “The Group: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life,” that recounts the lessons a group of widowed fathers learned in responding to loss and grief.
Speaking math
Imagine spending an entire lifetime reading one sentence — that’s the kind of problem Joaquín Drut faces every day. The UNC physicist works with numbers too large to compute in an effort to better understand the way our universe works.
Generating power like plants
When plants absorb sunlight, they convert carbon dioxide into energy-rich organic compounds. What if humans could do the same thing? What if we could pull CO2 out of the air and use it to build organic molecules? This revolutionary idea is still just that — an idea. But organic chemists at Carolina are laying the groundwork for turning it into reality.
‘Step Right Up’
Carolina alumnus and artist Patrick Dougherty created his most recent stick sculpture with inspiration from the Ackland Art Museum's collection of animal-shaped pouring vessels.
Well Said: Satish Gopal
The innovative cancer researcher on the forefront of cancer treatment in Malawi will be the featured speaker at the Winter Commencement ceremony.
Winter graduate continues to serve
Rick Cowan spent a decade serving the country as an Army medic. As he graduates from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Physician Assistant program this weekend, he will looks to serve veterans in North Carolina.
Well Said: Early childhood education
Margaret Burchinal and the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is working to better measure high-quality early childhood education and help all children thrive.