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

Mentoring future business majors
The Allison Mentorship Program at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School helps students from underserved and underrepresented populations prepare for business school through professional development opportunities.
University, state to benefit from Apple’s move into NC
Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz said Apple’s announcement that it plans to build a new campus in Research Triangle Park “aligns perfectly” with the University’s data science initiative.
Do dinosaurs and birds flock together?
A retired Carolina biologist’s new book offers more evidence to contradict the prevailing theory that today’s birds evolved from advanced dinosaurs and why that’s important.
Tracking a virus villain
Federal COVID-19 funding allocated by the N.C. General Assembly is supporting vital research by Carolina scientists, who are keeping tabs on the deadly coronavirus using wastewater and nasal test swabs.
Big Tent, one team
How a multidisciplinary research partnership built to fight HIV, Ebola and other infectious diseases turned its people, expertise and experience to fight COVID-19.
Post-pandemic life: our digital habits, health care
In part three of a three-part series, Carolina experts discuss some lasting effects of the pandemic on digital technologies and health care.
Big Tent, one team
How a multidisciplinary research partnership built to fight HIV, Ebola and other infectious diseases turned its people, expertise and experience to fight COVID-19.
In it for the long haul
For some COVID-19 patients, the initial infection is just the start of the battle. Post-COVID syndrome occurs when a person’s symptoms continue long after their infection ends. A new clinic at Carolina hopes to not only help these patients, but also provide researchers with valuable data about this strange syndrome.