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Research and Innovation

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

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    Well Said: It’s OK to have seconds

    On this week’s podcast, research assistant professor Andrew Hardaway shares why it’s OK to loosen up your belt on Thanksgiving and go back for seconds.

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    Well Said: Learning and teaching investigative reporting

    On this week’s episode, alumna Nikole Hannah-Jones explains how she learned investigative reporting at Carolina and why she’s coming back to train more journalists.

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    Mending broken hearts

    Heart disease is the number-one killer in the U.S. — but what if there was a way to regenerate healthy heart cells? Cue Li Qian, who received the 2019 Hettleman Prize for Scholarly and Artistic Achievement for her groundbreaking work in cardiac reprogramming.

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    Carolina’s cores of discovery

    Technology, scientific expertise in over 80 facilities support $1.2 billion research enterprise.

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    How the core pipeline flows

    Mark Shen's autism research moves core to core through Carolina's collaboration pipeline.

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    Making better decisions, quicker

    Dave Hofmann knows how companies and organizations can accelerate their decision-making and, ultimately, their success.

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    Well Said: The collective memories of 1619

    On this week’s episode, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History Director Joseph Jordan shares details about the center’s 1619 Collective Memory(ies) project.

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    How to protect students from bullies

    In observance of National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, a Carolina expert offers tips on how to handle bullies.