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A pandemic shapes a modeler’s research vision
Serhan Ziya is applying his expertise in operations research to help hospitals and emergency departments allocate limited resources most efficiently during the COVID-19 pandemic.
#GDTBATH: Rida Bayraktar
Carolina junior Rida Bayraktar founded Pink STREAM to educate, motivate, empower and inspire kindergarten through eighth-grade girls in science, technology, robotics, engineering, arts and math.
Carolina students help local immigrants transition to life in the community
Members of Campus Y’s Linking Immigrants to New Communities student group have been hosting English as a Second Language classes and discussion groups virtually this semester to provide a support network and help the new community members better acclimate to the area.
Learning, Latinidad and leadership
LatinxEd, an organization started by two Carolina alumni and current adjunct instructors, has created new opportunities for those students to make their way to college and to then graduate and become community leaders — all while celebrating their cultural identities.
#GDTBATH: Sondrica Goines
Sondrica Goines always knew she wanted to conduct scientific research. Now as a doctoral student, she's a member of a research group that studies perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, which have been detected in North Carolina’s waterways.
Doing COVID-19 dirty work
Employing wastewater epidemiology — proven useful in outbreaks of polio and opioid use — Carolina researchers are leading a statewide collaboration tracking novel coronavirus outbreaks across North Carolina, gaining insight that testing individuals does not offer.
Making good neighbors
The Good Neighbor Initiative, in its 17th year of educating students on what it means to be a good neighbor, has adapted to the times.
Algal blooms pose possible respiratory threat
Toxic blue-green algae has long proven to be harmful to the environment and human and animal health. While many studies examine the effects of ingestion or skin contact, doctoral student Haley Plaas looks at a different angle: aerosol.