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Research and Innovation

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

  • Ping Chen and Kathleen Mullan Harris.

    Boosting teen spirit

    More than 13% of U.S. teenagers experience a major depressive episode, which can follow them into adulthood. How can families protect their teens’ mental health as they grow? More fun and family time are just a few ways.

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    Pandemic lessons

    College of Arts & Sciences faculty are pivoting their course content to address issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching students to think creatively and to conduct research to benefit communities.

  • A man holds a medical face shield.

    Tar Heels rally to donate personal protection equipment

    Equipment and expertise come from across campus to help UNC Health fight COVID-19.

  • Four people wearing medical face shields by the Old Well.

    ‘There’s work to be done’

    BeAM and medical students team up with Duke, NC State to design and produce face shields for health care workers.

  • A screenshot of a video chat with 17 people.

    Remote learning begins with successes, surprises

    With remote learning underway at Carolina, take look at how faculty and students responded to remote teaching and learning.

  • A researcher holds a pipette.

    Remdesivir treatment for COVID-19 shows promise at Carolina

    The nation’s coronavirus task force announced positive clinical trial results for remdesivir, a treatment that was tested in the labs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

  • artistic rendering of multiple people wearing masks

    Pandemic lessons

    Carolina experts describe what defines a pandemic and some lessons learned about communication, trust and reaction when disease spreads.

  • A woman paints on a piece of fabric.

    Through a different lens

    How can students strengthen their education by stepping outside their major and trying something new? Two professors — one in studio art and the other in biology — pose this question to undergraduate students in a course combining science and printmaking.