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Research and Innovation

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  • Students hug at commencement.

    The Carolina Covenant in action

    Carolina Covenant director Candice Powell reflects on the impact of the program and planning its future success.

  • Tim Shehan works in a lab.

    Tackling COVID-19

    As one of the first research facilities in the U.S. to receive a COVID-19 sample and begin testing for potential therapies, Carolina’s response to the threat of the coronavirus was immediate and remains unyielding.

  • QUVI founders Kush Jain (right) and Harshul Makwana (left) working on their initial water bottle sanitation prototype for the UNC Makeathon.

    How clean is your water bottle?

    Founded by Carolina students, startup venture QUVI is working to keep people safer and healthier with their sanitizing kiosk for reusable water bottles.

  • black and white photo of researcher in a lab seen through a door

    Research leads the way

    Last spring, the coronavirus pandemic disrupted everything. UNC Research helped chart a course to the new normal.

  • graphic of multiple hands of different races holding up a light bulb

    Research shows diversity drives value, innovation

    Immigrant inventors produce more patents than native U.S. citizens, among other key findings, according to a new Entrepreneurship Center report.

  • Ralph Baric working in a lab.

    Tar Heels respond to COVID-19

    As part of the national-level programs such as Operation Warp Speed and the COVID-19 Prevention Network, experts from Carolina's Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases have advised top federal, state and local leaders throughout the pandemic.

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    Data science builds bridges

    Collaborative data science enhances discoveries by Carolina’s computer scientists, biostatisticians and health care professionals.

  • Terry Magnuson.

    Focus Carolina: Terry Magnuson

    The leader of Carolina’s $1.1 billion research enterprise talks about how scientists are working to solve the most pressing challenges of our time.