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Research and Innovation

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

  • Student drawing.

    ‘Finding strength through creative means’

    Superhero Project is pairing UNC Children’s Hospital patients with Carolina students and local artists to create superheroes modeled after the children.

  • Students work in a garden.

    CURE-ious Chemistry

    In collaboration with the Carolina Campus Community Garden, chemistry undergraduates are developing their own research questions and projects in a new class at Carolina, thanks to the drive and dedication of organic chemistry professor Nita Eskew

  • A black, female student in gloves and lab coat looks in a microscope.

    Seafood forensics

    Carolina students learn about the global health and social consequences of seafood mislabeling and the challenges that prevent accurate labeling.

  • Blueprint for Next logo.

    A vision to guide Carolina’s growth

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Chancellor Carol Folt announce the launch of the strategic framework that will shape the future of the University.

  • Three men look at art.

    Engaging brilliant minds in research

    Carolina professor Frank Baumgartner invited undergraduates to help him write his most recent book.

  • Boat in the ocean.

    Decades of discovery

    For 70 years, the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, located in Morehead City, has provided a home for Carolina scientists — from undergraduate students to tenured professors — to study the complex marine and coastal systems of North Carolina and beyond.

  • Chancellor Carol Folt on stage at event.

    Carolina launches $4.25 billion comprehensive fundraising campaign

    Carolina launches ambitious five-year, $4.25 billion comprehensive fundraising campaign. “For All Kind: The Campaign for Carolina” is the largest fundraising effort by a North Carolina university.

  • “Portrait of a Young Lady” painting

    Life cycle of a painting

    “Portrait of a Young Lady” sat in storage at the Ackland Art Museum since its arrival there in 1968 — until UNC art history professor Christoph Brachmann pulled it from the vaults last year.