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Frank Leibfarth working in a lab.

4 min read

Supporting Carolina chemists

Portrait of Marisa Marraccini against a blue squiggle background.

4 min read

Ask a Professor: Marisa Marraccini on suicide prevention

UNC alumni Heath Massey (BA ’83), left, and John Mitchener (BSBA ’81).

4 min read

New eminent professorship to support melanoma research

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

4 min read

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

Professor Flavio Frohlich faces the camera seated at a desk wearing tACS head-gear

6 min read

Electric dialogue

Black and white portrait of Nabarun Dasgupta.

5 min read

The objective? Save lives.

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

Kara Hume smiles and faces the camera while posing in a gym. Each hand grips an exercise ring hanging down.

3 min read

Ask a Professor: Kara Hume on fitness for all

Rahima Benhabbour peers up to the left corner of the image with a ring light and blue background behind her.

6 min read

A ring of hope

Three small pieces of technology with an aqua-colored surface and orange and yellow details.

3 min read

UNC-Chapel Hill startup disrupts X-ray imaging

A violinist plays in an auditorium while a person wears a cap with multiple sensors during a brain mapping performance.

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When music meets the mind

Collage showing Caroline Cahill wearing eye-tracking glasses. The left image is a close-up showing her smiling; the right shows her seated using a laptop.

6 min read

Mind and Machine: The Winston Center’s comprehensive approach