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Research and Innovation

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

  • A man teaches in a classroom.

    Bringing knowledge to the world

    The first library school in North Carolina, SILS is educating innovative thinkers who will lead the information professions and create systems, techniques and policies that advance information processes and services. Each day, the school is advancing information creation, access and stewardship to improve the quality of life for local, national and global communities.

  • Sun shines through the Old Well.

    Charting a bold course

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was founded as a bold experiment; an untested idea. This year, the University celebrates 225 years of educating, creating and discovering.

  • Stories that save lives

    Saving lives through stories

    The Southern Oral History Program launched a major research initiative to collect oral histories in rural North Carolina communities to inform health care research, practice and policy.

  • Students in class.

    Synergy unleashed

    The College of Arts & Sciences is inspiring students to lead meaningful lives by encouraging Tar Heels to think, communicate, collaborate and create.

  • The Battle Grove Restoration Project.

    Well Said: Battle Grove Restoration

    In this week's podcast, Sally Hoyt, a stormwater engineer in Energy Services, discusses how Carolina transformed a perpetually wet field near McIver Residence Hall into an aboveground stream that filters runoff water.

  • Solar panels

    Harnessing the sun’s energy in new ways

    The University will break ground on a state-of-the-art solar farm at the former Horace Williams Airport property later this semester. The solar panels will help power the buildings along Airport Drive

  • Students recycle cardboard.

    Keeping Carolina’s move-in trash out of the landfill

    A team of “Recycling Ambassadors” has diverted more than 322 tons of cardboard, polystyrene and plastic film from landfills since 2001.

  • Michael Kosorok

    How Carolina is transforming medicine with artificial intelligence

    UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health professor Michael Kosorok is working to bring artificial intelligence to the public health field.