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Research and Innovation

Topple a paradigm. Uncover the Unknown. Tar Heels ask questions, develop answers, create solutions and discover cures.

Building confidence in the courtroom
The Holderness Moot Court program at the UNC School of Law gives second-year law students a chance to practice many of the skills they’ll need to perfect as attorneys.
Digital training improves dental care, turns students into inventors
Using computer-assisted design and 3D printing in a Carolina BeAM Makerspace, dental students learn how to provide more efficient and affordable care.
Digital training improves dental care, turns students into inventors
Using computer-assisted design and 3D printing in a Carolina BeAM Makerspace, dental students learn how to provide more efficient and affordable care.
A new wave of psychiatric care
Carolina-affiliated startup Pulvinar Neuro’s novel treatment for mental illness – a technology that uses closed-loop, non-invasive stimulation of brain waves – offers hope to a rising tide of patients and recently led to the company’s acquisition by medical device leader Electromedical Products International.
Dual pandemics of COVID-19, racism discussed at R3 symposium
In the sixth installment of “Race, Racism and Racial Equity,” three research teams showed how the health crisis highlighted racial inequities.
Cutting-edge classrooms emerge from pandemic
In overcoming challenges caused by COVID-19, faculty and staff have added and adapted technology to improve learning flexibility in classrooms across campus.
What is Sustainable Carolina?
Sustainable Carolina combines the University’s efforts to steadily reduce its environmental footprint through operational improvements, research and students’ experiential learning.
Medical illustrator helps surgeons talk to patients
Returning to Carolina, where his career began 30 years ago, Mark Schornak uses his artistic skills to create illustrations that help doctors plan surgeries and explain them to patients.