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

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Nabarun Dasgupta wins MacArthur ‘genius grant’

Frank Leibfarth working in a lab.

4 min read

Supporting Carolina chemists

Window panels to a conference room with a banner that reads "PNC, Capital Markets Lab."

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More than a classroom

Illustration representing the new Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, which will accelerate research on extreme weather and cybersecurity, featuring illustrations of a woman walking and icons representing markets, cybersecurity and weather

3 min read

Institute translates environmental threats into financial risks

A doctor performs a sonograph.

2 min read

Making ultrasounds universal

Graphic shows two hands touching index fingers, one hand is solid blue and the other hand is made out of a webbed network design.

1 min read

Analyzing AI

Two researchers look at a chart on a computer.

2 min read

Leading opioid safety research

UNC-Chapel Hill Old Well with colorful fall leaves

2 min read

Fortifying Local Economies

Two scientists look at test tubes

1 min read

Fighting Future Pandemics

Patients walk into the University of Zambia School of Medicine Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia.

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A new device for saving lives

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What is ‘safe’ sanitation?

Ralph Baric speaks with colleague in lab.

2 min read

Grant arms UNC-Chapel Hill with technology to accelerate COVID-19 research