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Portrait of person wearing suit and tie against a blue and white argyle backdrop.

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Ask a Professor: Jason Surratt on potential air pollution from harmful algal blooms

Greg Scherrer and five members of his lab pose in his lab

5 min read

Developing non-addictive pain meds

Portrait of Kristy Ainslie leaning against a whiteboard bordered by blue and white argyle pattern.

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Ask a Professor: Kristy Ainslie on a new type of vaccine

Students gather around the water fountain in front of Bynum Hall

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Deans reflect on 2025

Photo collage depicting students and staff volunteering to provide families and children with food resources.

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Fighting hunger, feeding hope

Kurt Ribisl smiles, facing the camera, with left hand on hip and the Gillings School of Global Public Health lobby blurred in the background.

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Ask a Professor: Kurt M. Ribisl on big vape’s paper trail

Dr. Aziz Sancar poses for a portrait in lab with his research team.

4 min read

A new hope for brain cancer

Nabarun Dasgupta stands smiling with arms crossed with a colorful artwork in the background.

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Nabarun Dasgupta wins MacArthur ‘genius grant’

Portrait of Alexander Tropsha wearing a light blue button down shirt.

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Ask a Professor: Alexander Tropsha on AI tools for drug discovery

Black and white portrait of Nabarun Dasgupta.

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The objective? Save lives.

Jeffrey Stringer sits in a chair and smiles facing the camera with ultrasound images patterned on the wall behind him.

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AI innovation in obstetrics

Alison Axtman stands with arms crossed in a lab, wearing protective glasses, a lab coat and gloves.

3 min read

Big power in small molecules